coastal bird’s-foot trefoil

Acmispon maritimus var. maritimus

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

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• prostrate or ascending, 5–50 cm
• 3–7 leaflets, irregularly pinnate, obovate to ± round, terminal generally largest
• peduncle generally > 1 cm, generally bracted
• generally 2–4 flowers per leaf axil (1st-formed may be only 1–2 flowers)
• corolla 6–10 mm, bright yellow, wings ± = keel; wings cup the keel often without touching each other
• Mt. Madonna

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Chris’s observations: none

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora