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Acmispon argyraeus
About
Acmispon argyraeus, synonym Lotus argyraeus, is a species of legume native to California and northwest Mexico. It is known by the common name canyon bird's-foot trefoil. It occurs in dry mountain habitats. It is a perennial herb composed of leaves, each made up of a few oval leaflike leaflets about 1 cm long. Most parts of the plant have a silky-hairy in texture. The inflorescence holds one to three pinkish-yellow flowers roughly 1 cm long. The fruit is a dehiscent legume pod up to 2.5 cm long.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Acmispon argyraeus
- Slug
- acmispon-argyraeus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acmispon
- Species
- argyraeus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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