This crazy thing is a flower, shown from directly above! Below is an image from the side to show what this unusual clover looks like. Isn't it interesting and different?! When I first saw this flower, I thought it must be dying because it seems like it's falling over. But upon closer inspection I discovered that it grows this way, like a mop! Amazing!

Foothill Clover is native to the Pacific Northwest and can be found from southern Washington to Baja, California, where it can be found in meadows and open woods. This flower has a unique feature of blossoming upright but then tipping over to assume its unusual "mop" shape.. It was once a common food eaten by Native Americans.

If you would like to know more about this flower, Wiki has a tiny source here and includes a picture of this flower before it flops over into its "mop" shape: Wiki: Foothill Clover (Trifolium ciliolatum)