round-leaved heermann’s lotus

Acmispon tomentosus var. tomentosus

Member of heermann’s lotus (Acmispon tomentosus)
deervetch (genus Acmispon)
small yellow peas
legume family (family Fabaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
yellow in flowering plants

There are no other wild members of this species in the bay area.

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• perennial herb; prostrate, often mat-forming, 30–100 cm
• 4–6 leaflets, 4–16 mm, densely white-hairy
• corolla generally 4–6 mm, yellow to ± red, dark-tipped, wings ≥ other petals [wings < banner in other species?], in clusters of 3–8 with 1–5 mm pedicels
• scattered in the Santa Cruz range

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Chris’s observations: 3 (1 is research grade)

Locations:

• Henry Cowell Redwoods SP - Fall Creek Unit: 2
• Point Lobos SP

Months:

• Jul.: 2
• Aug.: 0
• Sep.: 0
• Oct.: 1

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora