chaparral lotus

Acmispon grandiflorus var. grandiflorus

Member of chaparral bird’s-foot trefoil (Acmispon grandiflorus)
deervetch (genus Acmispon)
small yellow peas
legume family (family Fabaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• decumbent to erect, 10–40(150) cm
• 7–9 leaflets, generally 10–15 mm; leaf axis (including petiole) 10–35 mm
• leaf axis not flat or blade-like
• inflorescence 3–9-flowered
• corolla 15–25 mm, cream/yellow to red-purple [Jepson is wrong], wings ± ≥ keel
• Mt. Tam

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Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora