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Chaparral Bird's Foot Trefoil

Acmispon grandiflorus

Chaparral Bird's Foot Trefoil
Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Oregon to Mexico (NW. Baja California), Guadalupe
Climate
subtropical

About

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.

Other Acmispon plants

American Bird's Foot Trefoil · Silver Bird's Foot Trefoil · Canyon Bird's Foot Trefoil · Foothill Deervetch · Bentham's Broom · Pine Deer Vetch · Island Broom · Riverbar Bird's Foot Trefoil · Acmispon distichus · California Broom · Pygmy Lotus · Rush Broom

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acmispon grandiflorus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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