Hansen's Clover, Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. hansenii (Synonyms: Trifolium hansenii, Trifolium longipes ssp. hansenii, Trifolium longipes var. nevadense)

The image at right shows Hansen's clover beginning to bloom at High Prairie, Badger Creek Wilderness.....07-03-2024. The photo at right shows the inflorescence of Hansen's clover as seen in meadows at High Prairie, Badger Creek Wilderness.....06-29-2023.

Hansen's clover as seen at left in a moist swale where snow lays late into the season along the North Loop Road (Steens Mt.), about one mile downhill from the Kiger Gorge Overlook.......August 31, 2011. The photo at right shows Hansen's clover blooming in moist meadows along Indian Creek at the northwest corner of Big Summit Prairie, Ochoco National Forest.......June 3, 2018.

Additional close-up photos of Hansen's clover as seen in a moist swale where snow lays late into the season along the North Loop Road (Steens Mt.), about one mile downhill from the Kiger Gorge Overlook.........August 31, 2011. The flowers of this variety tend to be white or cream in color, sometimes with a small amount of purple or red in the corolla and the leaves generally are at least three times longer than wide, although it is wise to look at many of the leaves as some (as seen above) may be shorter and wider than that ratio.

What apears to be Hansen's clover as seen in Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest.........May 28, 2014. The heads have a reddish hue reminiscent to var. multiviolatum (which could be in the area, althouth the heads are solitary per plant and leaflets appear to be more than 3 times longer than wide, suggesting var. hansenii.

Hansen's clover as seen in moist meadows west of FS Road #4215 in Antler Prairie, Ochoco National Forest...........May 27, 2016.

Hansen's clover as seen at left in vernally moist swales along FS Road #3142 in southern Thompson Valley, Fremont National Forest.........May 19, 2016.The photo at right shows Hansen's clover blooming in moist meadows along Indian Creek, northwest corner of Big Summit Prairie, Ochoco National Forest........May 13, 2018.

Hansen's clover as observed along the Hanan Trail #142, Fremont-Winema National Forest.......June 17, 2020.