Acmispon rigidus
| Acmispon rigidus | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Acmispon |
| Species: | A. rigidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acmispon rigidus (Benth.) Brouillet | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lotus rigidus (Benth.) Greene Ottleya rigida (Benth.) D. D. Sokoloff | |
Acmispon rigidus (formerly Lotus rigidus), shrubby deervetch[1] or desert rock-pea, is a perennial flowering plant in pea family (Fabaceae) found in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert.[2][3]
Range and habitat
It is found on dry slopes and desert dry washes below 6,000 ft above sea level, in Joshua tree woodland, and in pinyon-juniper woodland plant communities.[2] It occurs in the Mojave Desert north to Inyo County, California, and in the Sonoran Desert south to the Baja California Peninsula.[2]
Description
It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 0.5–1.5 m tall. The leaves are irregularly pinnate or palmate with three or four leaflets, 5–15 mm long. The flowers are yellow, turning red or purple as they age.
References
- ↑ "Lotus rigidus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 232
- ↑ Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 72