Biology:Syrmatium prostratum
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| Syrmatium prostratum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Syrmatium |
| Species: | S. prostratum
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| Binomial name | |
| Syrmatium prostratum Greene[1]
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Syrmatium prostratum, synonyms Lotus nuttallianus and Acmispon prostratus, is a species of legume native to California and northwestern Mexico.[1][2] 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,[3] the Silver Strand and Imperial Beach.[4]
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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Syrmatium prostratum Greene", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520109-1, retrieved 2018-02-05
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brouillet, Luc (2012), Jepson Flora Project, ed., Acmispon prostratus, Regents of the University of California, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=91719, retrieved 2018-02-06
- ↑ City of San Diego Planning Department
- ↑ California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile
External links
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