Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. Amer. sept. 2:478. 1813
Comment:
for date of this publication see Taxon 57:305. 2008
Verified:
03/26/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
- Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972-
- Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). The world of clovers. 2001 240.
- Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993
- Hitchcock, C. L. et al. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. 1955-1969
- Holland, T. H. 1966. Serological characteristics of certain root-nodule bacteria of legumes. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek J. Microbiol. Serol. 32:410-418.
- Taylor, N. P. 1997. pers. comm.
- Wiggins, I. L. Flora of Baja California. 1980
- Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 538.
Common names
English
maiden clover – marden clover – small-head clover –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Idaho | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Montana | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Washington | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | British Columbia | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja California]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California, Nevada]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [British Columbia]
Southern America
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Chile
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | erosion control | | Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40294.
Accessed 18 July 2025.