[Clovers East of the Cascade Mts.]
Big-head Clover, Big-headed Clover, Large-head Clover
Trifolium macrocephalum
Synonyms: Lupinaster macrocephalus, Trifolium macrocephalum var. caeruleomontanum
The photo above shows big-head clover as seen along Cowiche Mill Road several miles west of Yakima, WA.................March 28, 2007. Note that the palmately compound leaves leaves have more than the typical 3 leaflets of most other clovers.
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The photo above shows a close-up of the flower of bighead clover as seen along the Hells Canyon Rim Road in Hells Canyon NRA.......................June 28, 2008. Note the long wing petals, which are longer than the pink keel. Note also the very long, narrow and hairy calyx lobes.
The photo above shows western groundsel as seen along the Hells Canyon Rim Road in Hells Canyon NRA.......................June 28, 2008.
The photo above shows big-head clover as seen along Cowiche Mill Road several miles west of Yakima, WA.................March 28, 2007.
Big-head clover from rocky meadows alongside Cold Springs Road in the northern Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.........................June 26, 2008.
Big-head clover from rocky meadows alongside Cold Springs Road in the northern Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.........................June 26, 2008.
Paul Slichter
