Trifolium variegatum Nutt. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Trifolium variegatum Nutt.

Summary

Genus:

Trifolium

Subgenus:

Trifolium

Section:

Involucrarium

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

40396

Place of publication:

J. Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1:317. 1838

Verified:

03/26/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

6 (6 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Trifolium appendiculatum Lojac.
Trifolium melananthum Hook. & Arn.
Trifolium variegatum Nutt. var. melananthum (Hook. & Arn.) Greene
Trifolium variegatum Nutt. var. variegatum

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Reference(s)

Athar, M. 1996. Observations on nodulation status of some papilionoid species of potential agricultural and forestry value from Sacramento Valley, California. Taiwania 41(4):301-308.
Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972-
Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). The world of clovers. 2001 432.
Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
Hitchcock, C. L. et al. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. 1955-1969
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. 1964
Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9. 1987
Wiggins, I. L. Flora of Baja California. 1980
Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 557.

Common names

English
whitetip clover –
Portuguese (Brazil)
trevo-variegado –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
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	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	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	fodder		Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Animal food	forage		Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998

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=40396. Accessed 18 July 2025.