Trifolium lupinasterL.

lupine clover

WFO wfo-0000213977 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Trifolium lupinaster, photographed by Pavel Borodin
fig. a Pavel Borodin, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-09 / obs. 204769447
Trifolium lupinaster, photographed by Pavel Komkov
fig. b Pavel Komkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205398763
Trifolium lupinaster, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. c Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201493662
Trifolium lupinaster, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. d Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201493693
Trifolium lupinaster, photographed by Евгений Егорейченков
fig. e Евгений Егорейченков, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201175845
Trifolium lupinaster, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. f Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158438415
Trifolium lupinaster, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. g Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158415711
Trifolium lupinaster, photographed by Нурхайдарова Татьяна
fig. h Нурхайдарова Татьяна, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151143885

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Trifolium lupinaster is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, North European Russia, Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Ukraine AltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskJapanKazakhstanKhabarovskKirgizstanKrasnoyarskManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeSakhalinTuvaWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaBaltic StatesBelarusCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaNorth European RussiaPolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaUkraine Korea
Native distribution of Trifolium lupinaster, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Kirgizstan KGZ
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Kuril Is. KUR
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Primorye PRM
Sakhalin SAK
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Baltic States BLT EUROPE
Belarus BLR
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
North European Russia RUN
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Ukraine UKR

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 47 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 albens Ledeb.
  • Lupinaster albus Link
  • Lupinaster angustifolius (Litv.) Knjaz.
  • Lupinaster baicalensis (Belyaeva & Sipliv.) Roskov
  • Lupinaster litwinowii (Iljin) Roskov
  • Lupinaster pacificus (Bobrov) Latsch.
  • Lupinaster pentaphyllus Moench
  • Lupinaster pentaphyllus subsp. albiflorus (Ser.) Soják
  • Lupinaster pentaphyllus subsp. albus (Link) Tzvelev
  • Lupinaster pentaphyllus subsp. angustifolius (Litv.) Soják
  • Lupinaster pentaphyllus var. albiflorus (Ser.) Bobrov
  • Lupinaster pentaphyllus var. albus (Link) Knjaz.
  • Lupinaster popovii Roskov
  • Lupinaster purpurascens Fisch. ex DC.
  • Lupinaster romanicus (D.Brândză) Holub
  • Lupinaster spryginii (Belyaeva & Sipliv.) Knjaz.
  • Pentaphyllon ammani Ledeb.
  • Pentaphyllon lupinaster (L.) Pers.
  • Trifolium albens Fisch. ex G.Don
  • Trifolium angustifolium (Litv.) Iljin
  • Trifolium baicalense Belyaeva & Sipliv.
  • Trifolium cisvolgense Sprygin ex Iljin & Trukhaleva
  • Trifolium ciswolgense Sprygin
  • Trifolium ciswolgense Sprygin ex Iljin & Trukh.

and 23 more.

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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