Least Hop Clover, Suckling Clover
Trifolium dubium
![Leaf and inflorescence of Least Hop Clover, Suckling Clover: Trifolium dubium](dubium/trifoliumdubium1b.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence
and upper stem leaves of least hop clover as seen along the Yakima-Klickitat
County line at the southeastern edge of Mt. Adams........May 29, 2006.
Note the blunt tips to the leaves with a small notch.
![Inflorescence of Least Hop Clover, Suckling Clover: Trifolium dubium](dubium/trifoliumdubium1c.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence
of least hop clover as seen along the Yakima-Klickitat County line at the southeastern
edge of Mt. Adams.........May 29, 2006. This species can be identified
from other yellow-flowered clovers in that it has less than 30 flowers per inflorescence.
![Least Hop Clover, Suckling Clover: Trifolium dubium](dubium/trifoliumdubium1a.jpg)
The photo above shows the form of least hop
clover.........May 29, 2006.
![Leaf of Least Hop Clover, Suckling Clover: Trifolium dubium](dubium/dubium1a.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the trifoliate leaf of least hop clover as seen along Laurel Road in Conboy Lake NWR.........June 21, 2008.
Paul Slichter