Acmispon wrangelianus

Acmispon wrangelianus is a species of legume native to California and Oregon in the southwestern United States.[1] It is known by the common names Chilean bird's-foot trefoil[2] and Chile lotus. Despite its common name, it is not from Chile. It can be found in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas. This is a hairy, prostrate annual herb. Its slender branches are lined with leaves each made of generally four small leaflets. The inflorescence is composed of a solitary yellow pealike flower around a centimeter wide. The fruit is a legume pod 1 to 2 centimeters long.

Acmispon wrangelianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Acmispon
Species:
A. wrangelianus
Binomial name
Acmispon wrangelianus
(Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) D.D.Sokoloff[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Anisolotus wrangeliana (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Bernh.
  • Lotus subpinnatus var. wrangelianus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Jeps.
  • Lotus wrangelianus Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

References
  1. "Acmispon wrangelianus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) D.D.Sokoloff", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-11
  2. "Lotus wrangelianus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 23 June 2015.


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