spanish clover

Acmispon americanus

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

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• prostrate to erect, 5–60 cm
• generally 3 leaflets, often with simple upper leaves, 10–20 mm, lanceolate to elliptic
• leaflets lanceolate to obovate, ± equal
• 1 flower per leaf axil
• peduncle generally 15 mm (sometimes shorter), usually bracted (a single leaflet at the top of the peduncle and behind the flower) (example)
• calyx lobes ≫ tube (example)
• corolla 5–9 mm, ± white or yellow to pink, wings ± = keel
• common

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Chris’s observations: 11 (9 are research grade)

Locations:

• Bear Creek Redwoods OSP: 2
• Pescadero Creek CP: 2
• Calero CP
• Monte Bello OSP
• Russian Ridge OSP
• Sam McDonald CP
• San Pedro Valley CP
• Thornewood OSP
• Wilder Ranch SP

Months:

• Mar.: 1
• Apr.: 0
• May: 0
• Jun.: 1
• Jul.: 6
• Aug.: 1
• Sep.: 2

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora