Acmispon grandiflorus facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Acmispon grandiflorus
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Anisolotus grandiflorus (Benth.) A.Heller Hosackia anthylloides (A.Gray) Millsp. Hosackia confinis (Greene) Brand Hosackia grandiflora Benth. Hosackia guadalupensis (Greene) Brand Hosackia leucophaea (Greene) Abrams Hosackia occulta Greene Hosackia ochroleuca Nutt. Lotus confinis Greene Lotus grandiflorus (Benth.) Greene Lotus guadalupensis Greene Lotus leucophaeus Greene Lotus macranthus Greene Ottleya grandiflora (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff

Acmispon grandiflorus, synonym Lotus grandiflorus, is a species of legume native to western North America. It is known by the common name chaparral bird's-foot trefoil.

It is native to the west coast of North America from Washington to north-western Mexico, including California and Baja California, where it is found in many mountainous areas in the chaparral and coniferous forests.

Description

Acmispon grandiflorus is a perennial herb taking an erect to decumbent form. It is lined with leaves each made up of oval leaflets 1 to 2 centimeters long and hairy to hairless in texture.

The inflorescence is made up 3 to 9 pealike flowers which may approach three centimeters long. The flower varies in color from whitish to yellow to pink.

The fruit is a legume pod up to 6 centimeters long.