strigose lotus

Acmispon strigosus

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

---

• prostrate, often mat-forming, generally branched from base, 3–50 cm
• leaf axis flat, ± blade-like
• 3–9 leaflets, lanceolate to obovate, ± equal
• inflorescence generally 1–2-flowered
• corolla 5–10 mm, yellow with ± salmon veins or wash (most visible on the back of the banner), or ± red in age, wings generally > keel
• 1–2 flowers per leaf axil, peduncle 3–25 mm, generally bracted (example)
• scattered

---

Chris’s observations: none

Not all sites include this taxon:

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora