Lotus_strigosus
Acmispon strigosus
Species of legume
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]
| Acmispon strigosus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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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.
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.
- "Acmispon strigosus (Nutt.) Brouillet", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 13 September 2023
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Lotus strigosus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p232
