Trifolium montanumL.

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WFO wfo-0000213031 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Trifolium montanum, photographed by Вячеслав Юсупов
fig. a Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205582881
Trifolium montanum, photographed by Anastasia_Surkova
fig. b Anastasia_Surkova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205904594
Trifolium montanum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. c Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205253482
Trifolium montanum, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. d Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205129662
Trifolium montanum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. e Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203308996
Trifolium montanum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. f Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203325261
Trifolium montanum, photographed by Нурхайдарова Татьяна
fig. g Нурхайдарова Татьяна, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203426272
Trifolium montanum, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. h Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202773917

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Trifolium montanum is native: Altay, Iran, Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, West Siberia, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Krym, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine AltayIranKazakhstanNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusWest SiberiaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyHungaryItalyKrymNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Trifolium montanum, 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
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Kazakhstan KAZ
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
West Siberia WSB

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 22 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.

  • Amoria montana (L.) Sojak
  • Amoria montana (L.) Soják
  • Lagopus montanus (L.) Bernh.
  • Trifolium album Crantz
  • Trifolium balbisianum Ser.
  • Trifolium bifurcatum Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange
  • Trifolium celtibericum Pau
  • Trifolium endressii J.Gay
  • Trifolium humboldtianum Trautv.
  • Trifolium humboldtianum A.Braun & Asch.
  • Trifolium montanum Liebl.
  • Trifolium montanum prol. endressii (J.Gay) Rouy
  • Trifolium montanum subsp. gayanum (Godr.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
  • Trifolium montanum var. endressii (J.Gay) P.Fourn.
  • Trifolium montanum var. flaviflorum Rouy
  • Trifolium montanum var. rubriflorum St.-Lag.
  • Trifolium montanum var. rupestre (Ten.) Fiori
  • Trifolium odoratum Schrank
  • Trifolium rouyanum Bonnier
  • Trifolium rupestre Ten.
  • Trifolium subulatum Gilib.
  • Trifolium tenoreanum H.Buek

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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