Trifolium plumosum Douglas GRIN-Global

Taxon: Trifolium plumosum Douglas

Summary

Genus:

Trifolium

Subgenus:

Trifolium

Section:

Involucrarium

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

403503

Place of publication:

W. J. Hooker, Fl. bor.-amer. 1:130. 1831

Comment:

authorship verified from original literature
both the name and its validating diagnosis were simultaneously ascribed to Douglas, so he is the author of the name (see Melbourne ICN Art. 46, Ex. 9)

Verified:

03/26/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Trifolium plumosum Douglas subsp. amplifolium (J. S. Martin) J. M. Gillett (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium plumosum Douglas subsp. plumosum (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Reference(s)

Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). The world of clovers. 2001 316.
Gillett, J. M. 1972. Taxonomy of Trifolium (Leguminosae). IV. The American species of section Lupinaster (Adanson) Seringe. Canad. J. Bot. 50:1980.
Isely, D. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). 1998
Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 265.

Common names

English
feather clover –
plumose clover –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Idaho
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington

Native
Northern America

NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho, Oregon, Washington]

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=403503. Accessed 29 April 2026.