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Acmispon strigosus

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Acmispon strigosus
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • 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 maritima Torr. (1859), nom. illeg.
  • Hosackia nudiflora Nutt. (1838)
  • Hosackia rubella Nutt. (1838)
  • Hosackia strigosa Nutt. (1838)
  • Hosackia strigosa var. hirtella H.M.Hall (1912)
  • Lotus hirtellus Greene (1890)
  • Lotus nudiflorus Greene (1890)
  • Lotus rubellus Greene (1890)
  • Lotus strigosus Greene (1890)
  • Lotus strigosus var. hirtellus Ottley (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]

Description

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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.

Distribution and habitat

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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.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p232
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