[Clovers Found East of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]
Longstalk Clover, Long-stalked Clover
Trifolium longipes var. longipes
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of longstalk clover as seen from meadows along the Blue Mt. Highway southeast of Heppner, OR in the Umatilla National Forest.............June 22 2007. Note the numerous hairs on the calyces of the individual flowers as well as on the peduncle below the inflorescence.
The photo above shows a leaf and the inflorescence of longstalk clover as seen from meadows along the Blue Mt. Highway southeast of Heppner, OR in the Umatilla National Forest.............June 22 2007.
Leaf of longstalk clover as seen from meadows along the Blue Mt. Highway southeast of Heppner, OR in the Umatilla National Forest.............June 22 2007.
Leaf of longstalk clover as seen from meadows along the Blue Mt. Highway southeast of Heppner, OR in the Umatilla National Forest.............June 22 2007. Note the large stipules and leaflets that are at least 3 times as long as wide.
Longstalk clover (var. longipes) as photographed in a riparian area along forest service road #3521 in the Wenatchee National Forest......................August 13, 2009. Note the musk monkeyflower at lower right.
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Close-ups of the inflorescence and trifoliate leaf of longstalk clover (var. longipes). Note that each individual flower in the photo at left is held erect from its base. Photographed in a riparian area along forest service road #3521 in the Wenatchee National Forest......................August 13, 2009.
Paul Slichter
