Trifolium ciliolatum is a species of clover known by the common name foothill clover. It is native to western North America from Washington to Baja California. It is a common plant of many regions, including disturbed habitat. It is an annual herb growing erect in form, with hairless herbage. The leaves are made up of toothed oval leaflets and have bristle-tipped stipules. The inflorescence is a head of flowers 1 or 2 centimeters wide, the flowers often spreading out or drooping. The flower has a calyx of bristle-like sepals lined with hairs and a pinkish or purplish corolla.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Trifolium ciliolatum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens5
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences8
eDNA detections3
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Trifolium ciliolatum voucher CHSC Ahart 10837 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK★rbcL★rbcLa★ITS8
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualTrifolium ciliolatum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 16 n = 8
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 161×CCDB · book-ipcn65
CCDB · book-ipcn65 — Mosquin & G. 1965
n 81×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — GILLETT, J.M., & T. MOSQUIN. 1967. In IOPB chromosome number reports x. Taxon 16: 146-157.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 848≤1 km 108≤10 km 47>10 km 37
1 040 georeferenced · 427 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 467
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy57% within 1 km
≤100 m 38≤1 km 312≤10 km 243>10 km 16
609 georeferenced · 554 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 163
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions37 of 51 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
San Diego, US
138
Santa Barbara, US
123
Claremont, US
118
Riverside, US
108
Davis, US
73
San Luis Obispo, US
54
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
54
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
34
Corvallis, US
34
US
27
Santa Cruz, US
20
Los Angeles, US
18
Arcata, US
16
Irvine, US
14
Pullman, US
14
San Jose, US
11
Angwin, US
10
Bronx, US
9
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
8
LDlocation not on record
8
Long Beach, US
8
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
7
CASlocation not on record
6
WTUlocation not on record
5
Northridge, US
4
Wuzhou, CN
4
ASUlocation not on record
4
Tacoma, US
3
Turlock, US
2
Olocation not on record
2
Moscow, US
2
Bloomington, US
2
San Bernardino, US
1
Kew, GB
1
Portland, US
1
Beijing, CN
1
Fort Bragg, US
1
Tampa, US
1
KNFSClocation not on record
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Lincoln, US
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Macomb, US
1
San Francisco, US
1
Henderson, US
1
Chicago, US
1
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Catalina Island Conservancylocation not on record
1
51 institutions · 959 of 1 163 vouchered records shown · 204 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Trifolium ciliolatum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median23.4 °C 23.4–23.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter14.8 °C
Max temp (day)31.6 °C
Min temp (night)16.9 °C
Precipitation8.10 mm/mo
Air humidity47.8 %
Moisture balance-186 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,497 Pa
Wind speed2.50 m/s
Cloud cover14.3 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 636 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗