Syrmatium decumbens
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Syrmatium decumbens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Genus: | Syrmatium |
Species: | S. decumbens
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Binomial name | |
Syrmatium decumbens Greene[1]
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Synonyms[1][2][3] | |
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Syrmatium decumbens, synonyms Lotus nevadensis and Acmispon nevadensis, is a species of legume native to California.[1][2] It grows in several types of habitat, including mountain forest and meadows. It is a spreading or mat-forming perennial herb coated in long hairs. It is lined with leaves each made up of small green oval leaflets. The inflorescence bears up 12 pinkish yellow pealike flowers each a centimeter long or more. The fruit is a slender, bent, beaked legume pod.
References
- ^ a b c "Syrmatium decumbens Greene", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-05
- ^ a b Brouillet, Luc (2012), Jepson Flora Project (ed.), "Acmispon nevadensis", Jepson eFlora, Regents of the University of California, retrieved 2018-02-06
- ^ "Plant Name Details for Lotus nevadensis (S.Watson) Greene", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2018-02-07