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Acmispon denticulatus
About
Acmispon denticulatus is a species of legume known by the common name riverbar bird's-foot trefoil. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it grows in moist spots in a number of habitat types. It is an annual herb growing erect or spreading to about 40 cm in maximum length. It is lined with leaves each made up of a few alternately arranged oval leaflets 1 to 2 cm long, sometimes slightly hairy in texture. The inflorescence is made up of one or two whitish to yellowish pealike flowers located in leaf axils. The fruit is a hairy legume pod up to about 1.5 cm long.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Acmispon denticulatus
- Slug
- acmispon-denticulatus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acmispon
- Species
- denticulatus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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