Fabaceae FAMILY

Trifolium gracilentum

Edibility

2/5

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 gracilentum is an annual with erect to procumbent, slender stems; it can grow 10 - 40cm 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouthwestern N. America - Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Baja California.

HabitatOpen and grassy places on grassland, Chaparral, foothill woods, mountains and occasionally along the edges of deserts; at elevations up to 1,500 metres[ 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. ]..