''Acmispon cytisoides'',

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''Lotus benthamii'' and ''Syrmatium cytisoides'', is a species of

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native to

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. It is known by the common names Bentham's broom and Bentham's deerweed. It is

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to central California, where it occurs along the Central Coast and into the coastal mountain ranges. It grows in oceanside habitat and inland on slopes and in canyons. It is a mat-forming or spreading

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herb lined with leaves each made up of a few oval leaflike leaflets up to 12 mm long. The

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bears up to 10 dull pinkish dark-veined flowers, each just under 1 cm long.

References

Jepson Manual TreatmentAcmispon cytisoides
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