Acmispon parviflorus
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| Acmispon parviflorus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Acmispon |
| Species: | A. parviflorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acmispon parviflorus (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff[2]
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Acmispon parviflorus, synonym Lotus micranthus, is a species of legume.[2] It is known by the common name desert deervetch. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to southern California, where it is known from many types of habitat. It is a hairy to hairless annual herb lined with leaves each made up of small oval leaflets. Solitary flowers appear in the leaf axils. Each is an ephemeral pinkish pealike bloom under a centimeter long. The fruit is a narrow, hairless, wavy-edged legume pod up to about 2.5 centimeters long.
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Acmispon parviflorus". NatureServe Explorer Acmispon parviflorus. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Acmispon parviflorus (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-05
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