Acmispon decumbens

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]

Acmispon decumbens
Acmispon decumbens var. davidsonii
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. decumbens
Binomial name
Acmispon decumbens
(Benth.) Govaerts[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Anisolotus decumbens (Benth.) Thornber
  • Hosackia decumbens Benth.
  • Lotus douglasii Greene
  • Lotus nevadensis var. douglasii (Greene) Ottley
  • Syrmatium decumbens (Benth.) Greene

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.

Varieties

Two varieties are recognized:[1]

  • Acmispon decumbens var. decumbens; synonyms include Acmispon nevadensis (S.Watson) Brouillet, Hosackia heermannii L.C.Anderson, Syrmatium nevadense (S.Watson) Greene
  • Acmispon decumbens var. davidsonii (Greene) Govaerts; synonyms include Lotus davidsonii Greene

References
  1. "Acmispon decumbens (Benth.) Govaerts", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-02-14
  2. "Acmispon decumbens (Benth.) Govaerts", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2021-02-14


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