About Trifolium gracilentum Torr. & A.Gray
Trifolium gracilentum Torr. & A.Gray is a species of clover with the common names pinpoint clover and slender clover. It is native to western North America, including the west coast of the United States and northwestern Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas. This species is an annual herb that grows in a prostrate to erect form, with mostly hairless or slightly hairy herbage. Its leaves are composed of lance-shaped to oval leaflets. The inflorescence is an umbel of flowers that spread out or bend downward. The flowers have pink or purple corollas that are less than one centimeter long. One variety of this species, var. palmeri, is a rare plant restricted to the Channel Islands of California; it is sometimes classified as a separate species, Trifolium palmeri.
