''Acmispon brachycarpus'' (formerly ''Lotus humistratus''
[Jepson Manual, Vascular Plants of California, 2nd ed., 2012, p. 725]) is a species of
legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
known by the common name foothill deervetch. It is native to western North America from
Idaho to
Texas to northern Mexico, where it is known from many types of habitat. It is an annual herb spreading upright or taking a clumpy or matted form. It is lined with leaves each usually made up of four hairy, somewhat fleshy leaflets each up to about 1 cm long. Solitary yellow, pea-like flowers appear in the leaf axils. The fruit is a
legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
pod variable in size and shape.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfilePhoto gallery
brachycarpus
Flora of California
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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