Lotus argyraeus
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Lotus argyraeus is a species of legume
known by the common name canyon bird's-foot trefoil. It is native southern California
, Nevada
, and Baja California
, where it is known from dry mountain habitat. It is a perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of a few oval leaflike leaflets about a centimeter long. Most of the plant is silky-hairy in texture. The inflorescence
holds one to three pinkish-yellow flowers roughly a centimeter long. The fruit is a dehiscent
legume pod up to 2.5 centimeters long.
Faboideae
Faboideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. One acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae....
known by the common name canyon bird's-foot trefoil. It is native southern California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, and Baja California
Baja California
Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
, where it is known from dry mountain habitat. It is a perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of a few oval leaflike leaflets about a centimeter long. Most of the plant is silky-hairy in texture. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
holds one to three pinkish-yellow flowers roughly a centimeter long. The fruit is a dehiscent
Dehiscence (botany)
Dehiscence is the opening, at maturity, in a pre-defined way, of a plant structure, such as a fruit, anther, or sporangium, to release its contents. Sometimes this involves the complete detachment of a part. Structures that open in this way are said to be dehiscent...
legume pod up to 2.5 centimeters long.