Biology:Acmispon prostratus

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Short description: Species of legume

Acmispon prostratus
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Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Acmispon
Species:
A. prostratus
Binomial name
Acmispon prostratus
(Nutt.) Brouillet[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Lotus prostratus Hosackia palmeri
  • Vasey & Rose Nutt.
  • L. Syrmatium prostratum
  • Lotus nuttallianus (Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet
  • Hosackia prostrata Greene

Acmispon prostratus, synonyms Lotus nuttallianus and Syrmatium prostratum, is a species of legume native to California and northwestern Mexico.[2][3] It is known by the common names beach lotus, Nuttall's lotus, and wire bird's-foot trefoil. It is native to Baja California and just into San Diego County, California, where it is a resident of coastal habitats, such as beaches and bluffs.

It is a rare plant of the highly developed coastline in and around the city of San Diego, where threatened populations are known at Mission Bay,[4] the Silver Strand and Imperial Beach.[5]

This is an annual herb lined with leaves made up of oval leaflets one half to one centimeter long. The inflorescence bears 3 to 8 red and yellow flowers each about a centimeter in length. The fruit is a slender, curved legume pod containing usually 2 small beanlike seeds.

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