rush broom

Acmispon junceus

Member of deervetch (genus Acmispon)
small yellow peas
legume family (family Fabaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
red, yellow in flowering plants

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• perennial herb; prostrate or low-ascending, not woody, 8–40 cm
• 3–5 leaflets, 5–10 mm, glabrous or finely strigose
• calyx lobes short, wide, not hooked
• corolla yellow, in clusters of 2–8, possible pediceled
• scattered in the Santa Cruz range

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Chris’s observations: 5 (1 is research grade)

Locations:

• Butano SP: 2
• Big Basin SP
• Point Lobos SP
• Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP

Months:

• May: 1
• Jun.: 2
• Jul.: 0
• Aug.: 1
• Sep.: 0
• Oct.: 0
• Nov.: 1

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora