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Acmispon americanus (Heller's bird's-foot trefoil)

Synonyms: Hosackia americana (homotypic); Lotus americanus (heterotypic); Trigonella americana (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Acmispon americanus, known by the common names American bird's-foot trefoil and Spanish clover, is a species of legume native to most habitats of California, the Western United States, Western Canada, and northern Mexico. The plant is an upright hairy annual, growing to 25 cm. The flowers (to 6mm) are pale pink to cream. Subspecies Acmispon americanus is often discussed as comprising several varieties, including: \n* Acmispon americanus var. americanus
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual
Structure [2]  Herb

Protected Areas

Predators

Callipepla californica (Californian Quail)[3]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0