[Clovers: The Genus Trifolium East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Long-stalked Clover

Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum

Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum

Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum)

Long-stalked clover (var. multiovulatum) as seen in a swale along the North Loop Road (Steens Mountain) where the snow lays late into the season.........August 31, 2011.

Close-up sideview of the calyx lobes and corolla of Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum) - Close-up ventral view of the calyx lobes and corolla of Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum) - Inflorescence of Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum)

Long-stalked clover (var. multiovulatum) as seen in a swale along the North Loop Road (Steens Mountain) where the snow lays late into the season.............August 31, 2011.

Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum)

Long-stalked clover (var. multiovulatum) as seen in Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest........June 26, 2011.

Leaf of Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum) - Close-up of the flowers of Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum)

Close-up of the flower head of Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum) - Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum)

Additional close-up photos of long-stalked clover (var. multiovulatum) as seen in Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest........June 26, 2011.

Close-up of a flower of Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum) - Close-up of a flower head of Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum) - Close-up view of the underside of the inflorescence of Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum)

Close-up sideview of the calyx and corolla of Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum) - Leaves of Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum)

Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum) - Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum)

Long-stalked clover (var. multiovulatum) as seen in moist, rocky meadows along the South Loop Road about one mile downhill from the East Rim Viewpoint, Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon........September 2, 2011.

Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum) - Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum) - Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (Synonyms: Trifolium caurinum, Trifolium covillei, Trifolium longipes ssp. caurinum, Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense, Trifolium longipes var. shastense, Trifolium oreganum var. multiovulatum, Trifolium rubyi ssp. caurinum)

Long-stalked clover (var. multiovulatum) as seen in moist, rocky meadows along the South Loop Road about two miles uphill from the Rooster Comb (left) and about one mile downhill from the East Rim Viewpoint (middle), Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon.........July 9, 2014. The photo at right was taken at the head of Kiger Gorge, Steens Mountain..........July 11, 2014..
Paul Slichter