Acmispon grandiflorus

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.

Acmispon grandiflorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Acmispon
Species:	A. grandiflorus
Binomial name
Acmispon grandiflorus (Benth.) Brouillet
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

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.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment of Lotus grandiflorus
• USDA Plants Profile for Lotus grandiflorus
• Lotus grandiflorus — Photo gallery

Acmispon grandiflorus, Hondo Canyon, Los Angeles County, CA