Trifolium gracilentumTorr. & A.Gray

pinpoint clover

WFO wfo-0000174317 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Trifolium gracilentum, photographed by Trevor Van Loon
fig. a Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-23 / obs. 190776341
Trifolium gracilentum, photographed by Cricket Raspet
fig. b Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186630494
Trifolium gracilentum, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. c Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 124634028
Trifolium gracilentum, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. d Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 36797510
Trifolium gracilentum, photographed by Zack Abbey
fig. e Zack Abbey, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34724704
Trifolium gracilentum, photographed by Alan Rockefeller
fig. f Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34092328
Trifolium gracilentum, photographed by Alex Heyman
fig. g Alex Heyman, CC0 1.0 / obs. 33333988
Trifolium gracilentum, photographed by Ken-ichi Ueda
fig. h Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32955614

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Trifolium gracilentum is native: Arizona, California, Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington ArizonaCaliforniaMexico NorthwestNevadaNew MexicoOregonWashington
Native distribution of Trifolium gracilentum, 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
Nevada NEV
New Mexico NWM
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 8 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 denudatum Nutt.
  • Trifolium exile Greene
  • Trifolium gracilentum f. exile (Greene) McDermott
  • Trifolium gracilentum var. exile (Greene) P.B.Kenn.
  • Trifolium gracilentum var. gracilentum
  • Trifolium gracilentum var. inconspicuum Fernald
  • Trifolium gracilentum var. reductum Parish
  • Trifolium inconspicuum (Fernald) 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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