Biology:Acmispon cytisoides
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Short description: Species of legume
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Acmispon |
| Species: | A. cytisoides
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| Acmispon cytisoides Greene[2]
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Acmispon cytisoides, synonyms Lotus benthamii and Syrmatium cytisoides, is a species of legume native to California .[2][3] It is known by the common names Bentham's broom and Bentham's deerweed.[4][5] It is endemic to central California, where it occurs along the Central Coast and into the coastal mountain ranges.[4][3] It grows in oceanside habitat and inland on slopes and in canyons. It is a mat-forming or spreading perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of a few oval leaflike leaflets up to 12 mm long.[3] The inflorescence bears up to 10 dull pinkish dark-veined flowers, each just under 1 cm long.
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.139566/Lotus_benthamii.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Acmispon cytisoides (Benth.) Brouillet", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60448510-2, retrieved 2021-02-14
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Brouillet, Luc (2012), Jepson Flora Project, ed., Acmispon cytisoides, Regents of the University of California, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=91706, retrieved 2018-02-06
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Lotus benthamii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LOBE2. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
- ↑ Calflora
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- Acmispon cytisoides at Calflora
- Photo at CalPhotos, UCB
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