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Acmispon grandiflorus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Acmispon |
Species: | A. grandiflorus
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Binomial name | |
Acmispon grandiflorus (Benth.) Brouillet
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Acmispon grandiflorus, synonym Lotus grandiflorus, is a species of legume native to western North America. [1] It is known by the common name chaparral bird's-foot trefoil.
It is native to the west coast of North America from Washington to north-western Mexico, [1] including California and Baja California, where it is found in many mountainous areas in the chaparral and coniferous forests.
Acmispon grandiflorus is a perennial herb taking an erect to decumbent form. It is lined with leaves each made up of oval leaflets 1 to 2 centimeters long and hairy to hairless in texture.
The inflorescence is made up 3 to 9 pealike flowers which may approach three centimeters long. The flower varies in color from whitish to yellow to pink.
The fruit is a legume pod up to 6 centimeters long.
![]() | This article includes a list of general
references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding
inline citations. (February 2018) |
Acmispon grandiflorus | |
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![]() | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Acmispon |
Species: | A. grandiflorus
|
Binomial name | |
Acmispon grandiflorus (Benth.) Brouillet
[1]
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Acmispon grandiflorus, synonym Lotus grandiflorus, is a species of legume native to western North America. [1] It is known by the common name chaparral bird's-foot trefoil.
It is native to the west coast of North America from Washington to north-western Mexico, [1] including California and Baja California, where it is found in many mountainous areas in the chaparral and coniferous forests.
Acmispon grandiflorus is a perennial herb taking an erect to decumbent form. It is lined with leaves each made up of oval leaflets 1 to 2 centimeters long and hairy to hairless in texture.
The inflorescence is made up 3 to 9 pealike flowers which may approach three centimeters long. The flower varies in color from whitish to yellow to pink.
The fruit is a legume pod up to 6 centimeters long.