Trifolium wormskioldii Lehm. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Trifolium wormskioldii Lehm.

Summary

Genus:

Trifolium

Subgenus:

Trifolium

Section:

Involucrarium

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

40403

Place of publication:

Sem. hort. bot. hamburg. 1825:17. 1825

Verified:

03/26/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

5 (5 active, 3 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Trifolium fendleri Greene
Trifolium fimbriatum Lindl.
Trifolium heterodon Torr. & A. Gray
Trifolium willdenovii auct.

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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 456.
Gillett, J. M. 1980. Taxonomy of Trifolium (Leguminosae). V. The perennial species of section Involucrarium. Canad. J. Bot. 58:1436.
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
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. A flora of New Mexico. 1980
Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
Schneider, A. 1905. Contributions to the biology of rhizobia. IV. Two coast rhizobia of Vancouver Island, B.C. Bot. Gaz. 40:135-139.
Wiggins, I. L. Flora of Baja California. 1980
Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 561.

Common names

English
coast clover –
cow clover –
sand clover –
seaside clover –
springbank clover –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja Norte
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosi
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Idaho
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	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
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
2	Cultivated

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja Norte, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia]

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		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=40403. Accessed 19 July 2025.