Fabaceae FAMILY

Trifolium wormskioldii

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

Eating this plant can cause bloat, especially if larger quantities are consumed[ 1151 Title Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 7 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Government Printing Office; Washington Year 1900 ISBN Description A botanical journal. Rather dated, but it includes an ethnobotanical report from California and an early monograph of N. American Apiaceae. It can be downloaded from the Internet ].

Botanical Description

Trifolium wormskioldii is a robust, herbaceous perennial plant with a creeping rootstock and branched, erect to creeping stems up to 80cm long; the plant can grow 10 - 30cm tall[ 71 Title A California Flora. Publication Author Munz P.A. & Keck D.D. Publisher University of California Press; Los Angeles Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent flora but no pictures. Not for the casual reader. , 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. The plant was a favourite traditional food for the native peoples, and is still often harvested for local use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern N. America - British Colombia, south to California, northern Mexico and Texas.

HabitatFrom beaches to mountain meadows, growing in wet and periodically inundated places, such as high salt and brackish marshes, coastal dunes, wet meadows, and stream banks, generally in open, moist or marshy places; at elevations up to 3,200 metres[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ].