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

White-tip Clover

Trifolium variegatum

Synonyms: Trifolium appendiculatum, Trifolium geminiflorum, Trifolium melananthum, Trifolium polyodon, Trifolium trilobatum, Trifolium variegatum var. geminiflorum

White-tip Clover: Trifolium variegatum (Synonyms: Trifolium appendiculatum, Trifolium geminiflorum, Trifolium melananthum, Trifolium polyodon, Trifolium trilobatum, Trifolium variegatum var. geminiflorum)

This photo shows a close-up of the flower head of white-tip clover as seen along the Wolf Creek Trail in the Umpqua National Forest.......June 26, 2005. The corollas are wine-colored at the base of the banner and wings with white tips, giving this species its common name.

Leaf of White-tip Clover: Trifolium variegatum (Synonyms: Trifolium appendiculatum, Trifolium geminiflorum, Trifolium melananthum, Trifolium polyodon, Trifolium trilobatum, Trifolium variegatum var. geminiflorum)

This photo shows a close-up of a trifoliate stem leaf of white-tip clover as seen along the Wolf Creek Trail in the Umpqua National Forest.......June 26, 2005. Note the sharply cut, lacerate stipules at the base of the leaf.

White-tip Clover: Trifolium variegatum (Synonyms: Trifolium appendiculatum, Trifolium geminiflorum, Trifolium melananthum, Trifolium polyodon, Trifolium trilobatum, Trifolium variegatum var. geminiflorum)

This photo shows white-tip clover as seen along the Wolf Creek Trail in the Umpqua National Forest......June 26, 2005.

Paul Slichter