Trifolium covillei House ssp. pedunculatum

Washington: Kittitas County: In the Wenatchee Mountains, Coville.
47.32318° N, 120.57777° W,
Datum: WGS 84. Uncertainty: 20000 meters. Coordinate Source: GeoLocate.
Bog-lands. Fig. 5. Related to T. latifolium. Stems very short and leafy, several from a a solitary, perpendicular thickened perennial root and appearing as a dense green mat at its apex, the root 10 to 20 centimeters deep; stems entire, adnate to the petiole for two-thirds their length; leaflets obovate-subcuneate, rounded or retuse at apex, rarely the upper acute, margin finely but not sharply or conspicuously toothed, 6 to 12 mm long, silky pubescent beneath, glabrous above; petioles mostly shorter or but little longer than the leaflets; peduncles 8 to 10 cm long, much exceeding the leafy part of the plant, silky -pubescent above; heads globose, 40 to 60 flowered, 2 to 2.5 cm in diameter, some of the flowers spreading or becoming reflexed, all sub-sessile: calyx membranaceous, the tubes 1.5 to 2 cm long ,sparingly hairy above, the filiform-subulate teeth subequal, 2.5 to 3.5 mm long; banner yellowish, 12 to 14 mm long, inflated and including the wings and keel, broadest (6 to 7 mm) below the middle, acute, wings subacuminate, keel acute; legume short-stipulate, 2-seeded. Publish: Homer Doliver House, Botanical Gazette 41: 337. 1906 Type in the U.S. National Herbarium. Photo of the type specimens of Trifolium Covillei House.

unknown 1180, Sep 4, 1901
WTU, Accession: 4168