Note leaf attached immediately below bracts beneath flower; Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness park, Laguna Niguel, CA. 4-05-08. © Joan Avise

Rose Clover

Trifolium hirtum

Fabaceae

The most distinctive feature is a leaf immediately subtending the bracts on each flower. 

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UCI Ecological Preserve, Irvine, CA. 5-5-11. © Joan Avise

UCI Ecological Preserve, Irvine, CA. 5-5-11. © Joan Avise

San Mateo Wilderness, Cleveland National Forest, Riverside Co., CA. 3-29-08. © Joan Avise

San Mateo Wilderness, Cleveland National Forest, Riverside Co., CA. 3-29-08. © Joan Avise

Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Laguna Niguel, CA. 4-05-08

San Mateo Wilderness, Riverside Co., CA 4-12-09. © Joan Avise

IRC, Limestone Ridge, cyn, sinks, etc., CNPS, 4-13-13. © Ron Vanderhoff
Elsinore Peak vic, W and S, 5-26-12. © Ron Vanderhoff

IRC, Limestone Ridge, cyn, sinks, etc., CNPS, 4-13-13. © Ron Vanderhoff

Elsinore Pk., .5 mi WSW, 4-1-12. © Ron Vanderhoff