Acmispon parviflorus

Acmispon parviflorus

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Acmispon
Species:
A. parviflorus
Binomial name
Acmispon parviflorus
(Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Anisolotus parviflorus (Benth.) A.Heller
  • Hosackia microphylla Nutt.
  • Hosackia parviflora Benth.
  • Lotus micranthus (Benth.) Benth.

Acmispon parviflorus, synonym Lotus micranthus, is a species of legume.[2] It is known by the common name desert deervetch. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to southern California, where it is known from many types of habitat. It is a hairy to hairless annual herb lined with leaves each made up of small oval leaflets. Solitary flowers appear in the leaf axils. Each is an ephemeral pinkish pealike bloom under a centimeter long. The fruit is a narrow, hairless, wavy-edged legume pod up to about 2.5 centimeters long.

References

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Acmispon parviflorus". NatureServe Explorer Acmispon parviflorus. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Acmispon parviflorus (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-05


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