Acmispon grandiflorus

Acmispon grandiflorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Loteae
Genus:	Lotus
Species:	L. grandiflorus
Binomial name
	Lotus grandiflorus; (Benth.) Greene

Lotus grandiflorus is a species of legume known by the common name chaparral bird's-foot trefoil.

It is native to California and Baja California, where it is found in many mountainous areas in the chaparral and coniferous forests.

Description

Lotus 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.

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