short-flower deervetch

Acmispon parviflorus

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

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• stem ascending to erect, 5–40 cm
• 3–5 leaflets, 4–12 mm, elliptic to obovate, ± equal
• peduncle generally > 1 cm, generally bracted
• 1 flower per leaf axil
• calyx lobes ± ≤ tube
• corolla 4–6 mm, pink or salmon, quickly fading, wings ± = keel
• common

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Chris’s observations: 9 (all are research grade)

Locations:

• Big Basin SP: 3
• Henry Coe SP: 2
• Calero CP
• Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve
• Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP
• Stevens Creek CP

Months:

• Apr.: 3
• May: 4
• Jun.: 2

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Not all sites include this taxon:

• Acmispon parviflorus → iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora
• not yet listed → FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora