Biology:Acmispon argyraeus

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Short description: Species of legume

Acmispon argyraeus
Scientific classification edit
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]
  • (Greene) D.D.Sokoloff Greene
  • Lotus argyraeus Hosackia argyraea
  • Greene Ottleya argyraea

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.

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