Acmispon decumbens | |
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Acmispon decumbens var. davidsonii | |
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. decumbens
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Binomial name | |
Acmispon decumbens (Benth.) Govaerts
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Acmispon decumbens is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the western United States (Nevada, California) and north-western Mexico ( Baja California). [1] It was first described by George Bentham in 1836 as Hosackia decumbens. [2]
It grows in several types of habitat, including mountain forest and meadows. It is a spreading or mat-forming perennial herb coated in long hairs. It is lined with leaves each made up of small green oval leaflets. The inflorescence bears up 12 pinkish yellow pealike flowers each a centimeter long or more. The fruit is a slender, bent, beaked legume pod.[ citation needed]
Two varieties are recognized: [1]
Acmispon decumbens | |
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Acmispon decumbens var. davidsonii | |
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. decumbens
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Binomial name | |
Acmispon decumbens (Benth.) Govaerts
[1]
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Acmispon decumbens is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the western United States (Nevada, California) and north-western Mexico ( Baja California). [1] It was first described by George Bentham in 1836 as Hosackia decumbens. [2]
It grows in several types of habitat, including mountain forest and meadows. It is a spreading or mat-forming perennial herb coated in long hairs. It is lined with leaves each made up of small green oval leaflets. The inflorescence bears up 12 pinkish yellow pealike flowers each a centimeter long or more. The fruit is a slender, bent, beaked legume pod.[ citation needed]
Two varieties are recognized: [1]