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Acmispon brachycarpus
(Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff
Family:
Fabaceae
foothill deervetch,
more...
Foothill Deerweed, hill locust, maresfat
[
Hosackia brachycarpa
Benth.,
more
Lotus brachycarpus
S.Watson,
Lotus humistratus
Greene,
Lotus trispermus
]
Max Licher
General Description
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Plant
: Annual forb to 20 cm; stems sometimes prostrate
Leaves
: leaves alternate, compound, pubescent; leaflets lance-ovate, <1 cm long
INFLORESCENCE
: umbel, axillary, 1-flowered, ± sessile
Flowers
: flowers orange, axillary, calyx 3-6 mm, lobes 1-2 X tube; corolla 5-9 mm, wings ± = keel; stamens 10, 9 filaments fused, 1 free
Fruit
: legume, dehiscent, ascending, 6-12 mm, generally 3-4 mm wide, oblong; Seeds few, often ± reniform, generally hard, smooth
Misc
: Grassland, oak and pine woodland, desert flats and mtns, roadsides; < 1700 m.; Mar-Jun
References
: Jepson Manual 1993
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