Acmispon maritimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Acmispon
Species:
A. maritimus
Binomial name
Acmispon maritimus
(Nutt.) D.D.Sokoloff[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Anisolotus maritimus (Nutt.) A.Heller
  • Hosackia maritima Nutt.
  • Lotus salsuginosus Greene

Acmispon maritimus, synonym Lotus salsuginosus, is a species of legume native to Arizona, California and northwestern Mexico.[1] It is known by the common name coastal bird's-foot trefoil. It grows in many types of mountain, desert, and scrub habitat, not necessarily near the coast. It is an annual herb quite variable in morphology, from petite to bushy, hairless to roughly hairy, and prostrate to erect in form. The slender stems are lined with leaves each made up of pairs of leaflets variable in shape and size. The inflorescence is a small array of 1 to 4 yellow flowers, each up to a centimeter long or so. The elongated flower corolla emerges from a tubular calyx of sepals. The fruit is a legume pod up to 3 centimeters long. Laboratory studies have shown this species, which occurs in wildfire-prone habitat such as chaparral, to have an increased rate of seed germination after exposure to heat.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Acmispon maritimus (Nutt.) D.D.Sokoloff", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-06
  2. ↑ Keeley, J. E. & S. C. Keeley. (1987). Role of fire in the germination of chaparral herbs and suffrutescents. Madroño 34:3.
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