Biology:Syrmatium junceum

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Syrmatium junceum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Syrmatium
Species:
S. junceum
Binomial name
Syrmatium junceum
Greene[1]
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Ottley Hoover
  • (Benth.) Brouillet Lotus junceus
  • Lotus biolettii var. spiralis Greene
  • Lotus junceus var. biolettii Acmispon junceus

Syrmatium junceum, synonyms Lotus junceus and Acmispon junceus, is a species of legume native to California .[1][2] It is known by the common names rush broom[3] and rush deervetch. It is endemic to California , where it is known from the northern and central coast and the coastal mountain ranges. It can be found from beaches inland to serpentine slopes and chaparral. It is a hairy, prostrate or spreading perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of small oval leaflets. The inflorescence bears up 8 yellow pealike flowers each up to about a centimeter long. The fruit is a small beaked legume pod.

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