Trifolium olivaceum Calflora

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Taxon Report

Trifolium olivaceum Greene

(not an active name)

Olive clover

2011 Jennifer Buck

2023 Helen Hancock

2023 Dianne Lake

2015 Aaron Schusteff

Trifolium olivaceum is an annual herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

also called Trifolium columbinum


	Plant Range Observation Search ~186 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Trifolium
Family:	Fabaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Foothill Woodland, Valley Grassland

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Trifolium albopurpureum var. olivaceum
PLANTS	Trifolium columbianum var. olivaceum
JEF	Trifolium columbinum

Information about Trifolium olivaceum from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (TROL2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).