Syrmatium decumbens

Syrmatium decumbens, synonyms Lotus nevadensis and Acmispon nevadensis, is a species of legume native to California.[1][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.

Syrmatium decumbens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Syrmatium
Species:
S. decumbens
Binomial name
Syrmatium decumbens
Greene[1]
Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Hosackia sulphurea (Greene) Abrams
  • Lotus sulphureus Boiss.
  • Lotus argophyllus var. davidsonii (Greene) Jeps.
  • Lotus douglasii Greene
  • Lotus leonis Eastw.
  • Hosackia decumbens var. nevadensis S.Watson
  • Lotus nevadensis (S.Watson) Greene
  • Acmispon nevadensis (S.Watson) Brouillet

References
  1. "Syrmatium decumbens Greene", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-05
  2. Brouillet, Luc (2012), Jepson Flora Project (ed.), "Acmispon nevadensis", Jepson eFlora, Regents of the University of California, retrieved 2018-02-06
  3. "Plant Name Details for Lotus nevadensis (S.Watson) Greene", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2018-02-07


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