Status: Native, USFWS Species of Concern, State of NM Species of Concern, USFS Sensitive Species
Synonyms:
Trifolium neurophyllum Greene
Trifolium rusbyi Greene subsp. neurophyllum (Greene) Heller & Zohary
Trifolium longipes var. neurophyllum has a long pedicel and quite a bit of variability in the coloration of the flowers. It is an erect perennial with palmately three-foliate leaves as the name suggests. Trifolium longipes var. neurophyllum is found in moist meadows at middle to upper elevation.
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Trifolium longipes var. neurophyllum, photo Bob Sivinski, San Francisco Mtns., FR 209, August, 2008
Trifolium longipes var. neurophyllum, color variation, photo Bob Sivinski, San Francisco Mtns., FR 209, August, 2008
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