Trifolium virginicum, the Kate's Mountain clover, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to West Virginia and Virginia in the United States, growing mainly on the Piedmont mafic barren, with Kate's Mountain as the type locality.[1][2][3] Trifolium virginicum is a symbol of the West Virginia Native Plant Society.[4] T. virginicum can also be found in Maryland and Pennsylvania,[5] where it is considered imperiled or critically imperiled, respectively, by NatureServe.[1]

Trifolium virginicum

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Trifolium
Species:
T. virginicum
Binomial name
Trifolium virginicum
Synonyms[2]
  • Trifolium reflexum var. virginicum (Small) McDermott

References

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  1. ^ a b c NatureServe (1 March 2024). "Trifolium virginicum". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Trifolium virginicum Small". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. ^ Dingwell, Sue (14 January 2018). "Kates Mountain Clover: Trifolium virginicum". vnps.org. Virginia Native Plant Society. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "About: Our mission and vision". West Virginia Native Plant Society. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Kate's Mountain Clover Triflolium virginicum". vnps.org. Virginia Native Plant Society. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2021.