Biology:Syrmatium decumbens

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Syrmatium decumbens
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Syrmatium
Species:
S. decumbens
Binomial name
Syrmatium decumbens
Greene[1]
Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Acmispon nevadensis Lotus nevadensis
  • Lotus douglasii Hosackia sulphurea
  • (Greene) Abrams Boiss.
  • Greene (S.Watson) Brouillet
  • Lotus leonis Lotus argophyllus var. davidsonii
  • Eastw. (S.Watson) Greene
  • Lotus sulphureus (Greene) Jeps.
  • S.Watson Hosackia decumbens var. nevadensis

Syrmatium decumbens, synonyms Lotus nevadensis and Acmispon nevadensis, is a species of legume native to California .[1][2] It grows in several types of habitat, including mountain forest and meadows. It is a spreading or mat-forming perennial herb coated in long hairs. It is lined with leaves each made up of small green oval leaflets. The inflorescence bears up 12 pinkish yellow pealike flowers each a centimeter long or more. The fruit is a slender, bent, beaked legume pod.

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