Acmispon strigosus

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Acmispon strigosus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Acmispon
Species:
A. strigosus
Binomial name
Acmispon strigosus
(Nutt.) Brouillet (2008)
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Acmispon strigosus var. hirtellus(Greene) D.W.Taylor (2010)
  • Anisolotus hirtellus(Greene) A.Heller (1912)
  • Anisolotus nudiflorus(Nutt.) A.Heller (1911 publ. 1912)
  • Anisolotus rubellus(Nutt.) A.Heller (1911 publ. 1912)
  • Anisolotus strigosus(Nutt.) A.Heller (1907)
  • Hosackia hirtella(Greene) Brand (1898)
  • Hosackia maritimaTorr. (1859), nom. illeg.
  • Hosackia nudifloraNutt. (1838)
  • Hosackia rubellaNutt. (1838)
  • Hosackia strigosaNutt. (1838)
  • Hosackia strigosa var. hirtellaH.M.Hall (1912)
  • Lotus hirtellusGreene (1890)
  • Lotus nudiflorusGreene (1890)
  • Lotus rubellusGreene (1890)
  • Lotus strigosusGreene (1890)
  • Lotus strigosus var. hirtellusOttley (1923)
  • Lotus strigosus var. nudiflorus(Nutt.) Jeps. (1901)
  • Ottleya strigosa(Nutt.) D.D.Sokoloff (1999)

Acmispon strigosus, synonyms Lotus strigosus and Ottleya strigosa, is a flowering plant in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. [1] It is known as stiff-haired lotus[ citation needed ] or strigose bird's-foot trefoil. [3] [4]

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Description

Acmispon strigosus is a prostrate annual herb. It is sometimes roughly hairy as its name suggests, but it may be somewhat woolly, fuzzy, or nearly hairless as well. Its slender branches are lined with leaves each made of several small leaflets. The leaves are 1/2" to 1" long. [4] They are pinnately divided, with 4-9 obovate, alternate, leaflets, on a flattened rachis. [4] The inflorescence bears one or two yellow to orange or red pealike flowers, each with a corolla one half to one centimeter across. The fruit is a legume pod 1 to 3 centimeters long.

Distribution and habitat

It is native to the southwestern United States (California and Nevada) and northern Mexico, [1] where it is known from many types of habitat, including disturbed areas.

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<i>Acmispon maritimus</i> Species of legume

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<i>Acmispon</i> Genus of legumes

Acmispon is a genus of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to North America and the west coast of Chile in South America. It includes several species of American bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches formerly contained in the globally distributed genus Lotus. The former genus Syrmatium is included in Acmispon. The Jepson eFlora accepts only Acmispon.

<i>Acmispon rigidus</i> Species of legume

Acmispon rigidus, synonyms Lotus rigidus and Ottleya rigida, is a flowering plant in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is known as shrubby deervetch or desert rock-pea. It is found in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert.

<i>Syrmatium</i> Genus of legumes

Syrmatium was a formerly accepted genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to the southwestern United States. As of February 2021, it was considered a synonym of Acmispon by Plants of the World Online, and only Acmispon was recognized by the Jepson eFlora.

<i>Acmispon decumbens</i> Species of legume

Acmispon decumbens is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the western United States and north-western Mexico. It was first described by George Bentham in 1836 as Hosackia decumbens.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Acmispon strigosus(Nutt.) Brouillet", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 13 September 2023
  2. "Plant Name Details for Acmispon strigosus (Nutt.) Brouillet", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2018-02-11
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Lotus strigosus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p232