Acmispon argyraeus

Acmispon argyraeus, synonym Lotus argyraeus, is a species of legume native to California and northwest Mexico.[1] It is known by the common name canyon bird's-foot trefoil. It occurs in dry mountain habitat. It is a perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of a few oval leaflike leaflets about 1 cm long. Most of the plant is silky-hairy in texture. The inflorescence holds one to three pinkish-yellow flowers roughly 1 cm long. The fruit is a dehiscent legume pod up to 2.5 cm long.

Acmispon argyraeus
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. argyraeus
Binomial name
Acmispon argyraeus
(Greene) Brouillet[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Hosackia argyraea Greene
  • Lotus argyraeus Greene
  • Ottleya argyraea (Greene) D.D.Sokoloff

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