Trifolium amabileKunth

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WFO wfo-0000174302 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Trifolium amabile, photographed by Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros
fig. a Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 194082287
Trifolium amabile, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. b Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194375800
Trifolium amabile, photographed by Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros
fig. c Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194108019
Trifolium amabile, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. d Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194414917
Trifolium amabile, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. e Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194361556
Trifolium amabile, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. f Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194298155
Trifolium amabile, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. g Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191906803
Trifolium amabile, photographed by Naturalist Tours
fig. h Naturalist Tours, CC0 1.0 / obs. 114078089

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Trifolium amabile is native: Arizona, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru ArizonaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorGuatemalaNicaraguaPeru
Native distribution of Trifolium amabile, 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
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
Guatemala GUA
Nicaragua NIC
Peru PER
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 13 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.

  • Lupinaster amabilis (Kunth) C.Presl
  • Trifolium cognatum House
  • Trifolium hemsleyi Lojac.
  • Trifolium humboldtii Spreng.
  • Trifolium lozani House
  • Trifolium macrorrhizum Ulbr.
  • Trifolium matthewsii A.Gray
  • Trifolium mexicanum Hemsl.
  • Trifolium nelsoni House
  • Trifolium reflexum Schltdl. & Cham.
  • Trifolium reflexum Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Trifolium reflexum var. mexicanum M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Trifolium schiedeanum S.Watson

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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