Plant

Large-headed clover

Trifolium macrocephalum
Plant
Large-headed clover
Habitat
Rock Fort
Conservation
Apparently secure
First Observed
1806-04-16

An eye for potential forage plants may explain Lewis’s interest in this clover, although a showy flower cluster helped.

Journal References

14 journal entries mention Large-headed clover

Aug 8 1805
Lewis: August 8, 1805
...ntioned. I observe a considerable quantity of the buffaloe clover in the bottoms. the sunflower, flax, green swoard, thistle and several species of the rye grass so...
Aug 8 1805
Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — John Ordway: August 8, 1805
... each Side covred with high grass thissels Sun flowers Some clover and different kinds of herbs &. C. at noon R. Fields who had been hunting for Shannon returned to u...
Aug 16 1805
Clark: August 16, 1805
...the Yellow Current are also Common I observe the long leaf Clover in great plenty in the vallie below this vallieSome fiew tres on the river no timber on the hills...
Aug 16 1805
Lewis: August 16, 1805
...everal bad rapids. considerable quantities of the buffaloe clover grows along the narrow bottoms through which they passed. there was no timber except a few scatiri...
Aug 18 1805
Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait — Patrick Gass: August 18, 1805
...small branches, but no timber. There is plenty of grass and clover, and also some flax all along it. The Indians all except 5 went on ahead. We travelled 15 miles and...
Aug 27 1805
Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots — Patrick Gass: August 27, 1805
...ome flax growing in the bot- toms on this river, but saw no clover or timothy, as I had seen on the Missouri and Jefferson river. There is a kind of wild sage or hyss...
Mar 11 1806
Clark: March 11, 1806
... they had been directed last evening. we once more live in Clover; Anchovies fresh Sturgeon and Wappatoe. the latter Sergt. Pryor had also procured a fiew and broug...
Mar 11 1806
Lewis: March 11, 1806
...ey had been directed the last evening. we once more live in clover; Anchovies fresh Sturgeon and Wappetoe. the latter Sergt. Pryor had also procured and brought wit...
Apr 26 1806
Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — Patrick Gass: April 26, 1806
...beautiful appearance. On these plains there is a species of clover, as large as any I have seen, and has a large red hand- some blossom. The leaves are not quite so l...
Jul 2 1806
Lewis: July 2, 1806
... can use the murcury freely. I found two speceis of native clover here, the one with a very narrow small leaf and a pale red flower, the other nearly as luxouriant...
Jul 3 1806
Clark: July 3, 1806
...low on the borders of the Streams. I observed 2 Species of Clover in this vally one the white Clover Common in the Western parts of the U. States, the other Specie...
Jul 3 1806
Travelers' Rest - party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — John Ordway: July 3, 1806
...we halted to dine at a branch and bottom of fine feed white clover &C. proceeded on the plains partly covd with pitch pine timber. Saw a number of deer, in the evenin...
Jul 7 1806
Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — Patrick Gass: July 7, 1806
...ng the valley, which is very beautiful with a great deal of clover in its plains. Having gone about five miles, we crossed the main branch of the river, which comes i...
Sep 18 1806
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806
..., 204; mentioned, 179, 180, 193, 194 Clear-water river, 112 Clover, 126, 257 Clover, red, description of, 220 Columbia plains, 211, 216, 219 Columbia river, explorati...

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