Trifolium dichotomumHook. & Arn.

branched Indian clover

WFO wfo-0000175410 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Trifolium dichotomum, photographed by joergmlpts
fig. a joergmlpts, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-04-27 / obs. 123508717
Trifolium dichotomum, photographed by jbradbury
fig. b jbradbury, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122044057
Trifolium dichotomum, photographed by Aaron Liston
fig. c Aaron Liston, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 40590066
Trifolium dichotomum, photographed by Scott Yarger
fig. d Scott Yarger, CC0 1.0 / obs. 36436564
Trifolium dichotomum, photographed by Don Loarie
fig. e Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 15386052
Trifolium dichotomum, photographed by Scott Loarie
fig. f Scott Loarie, CC0 1.0 / obs. 815109
Trifolium dichotomum, photographed by Don Loarie
fig. g Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 294933
Trifolium dichotomum, photographed by Don Loarie
fig. h Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109237

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Trifolium dichotomum is native: British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington British ColumbiaCaliforniaOregonWashington
Native distribution of Trifolium dichotomum, 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
British Columbia BRC NORTHERN AMERICA
California CAL
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 9 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. dichotomum (Hook. & Arn.) Isely
  • Trifolium californicum Jeps.
  • Trifolium californicum f. turbinatum Jeps.
  • Trifolium dichotomum f. petrophilum (A.Heller) McDermott
  • Trifolium dichotomum var. turbinatum Jeps.
  • Trifolium insularum P.B.Kenn.
  • Trifolium macraei var. dichotomum (Hook. & Arn.) W.H.Brewer ex S.Watson
  • Trifolium petrophilum Greene ex A.Heller
  • Trifolium petrophilum A.Heller

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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