Trifolium albopurpureumTorr. & A.Gray

rancheria clover

WFO wfo-0000164708 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Trifolium albopurpureum, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. a Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-12 / obs. 197140424
Trifolium albopurpureum, photographed by Arvel Hernandez
fig. b Arvel Hernandez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188662231
Trifolium albopurpureum, photographed by Madeleine Claire
fig. c Madeleine Claire, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131198073
Trifolium albopurpureum, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. d Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127706880
Trifolium albopurpureum, photographed by Madeleine Claire
fig. e Madeleine Claire, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123141365
Trifolium albopurpureum, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. f Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 37976164
Trifolium albopurpureum, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. g Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 35779228
Trifolium albopurpureum, photographed by Mary K. Hanson
fig. h Mary K. Hanson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 36448876

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Trifolium albopurpureum is native: Arizona, California, Mexico Northwest, Oregon, Washington ArizonaCaliforniaMexico NorthwestOregonWashington
Native distribution of Trifolium albopurpureum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
California CAL
Mexico Northwest MXN
Oregon ORE
Washington WAS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Trifolium albopurpureum var. albopurpureum
  • Trifolium albopurpureum var. neolagopus McDermott
  • Trifolium helleri P.B.Kenn.
  • Trifolium macraei var. albopurpureum (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene
  • Trifolium neolagopus Lojac.
  • Trifolium pseudoalbopurpureum P.B.Kenn.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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