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chaparral bird's-foot trefoil
Acmispon grandiflorus
1,478 observations in the source records
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
What the records say
- 1,478 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source
Easily confused with
Chaparral Bird's-foot TrefoilLotus grandiflorus
Big deervetchHosackia crassifolia
Pacific peaLathyrus vestitus
deerweedAcmispon glaber
streambank bird's-foot trefoilHosackia oblongifolia
shrubby deervetchAcmispon rigidus
bird's-foot trefoilLotus corniculatus
Spanish cloverAcmispon americanus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 883 |
|---|---|
| California | 839 |
| Nevada | 44 |
| Mexico | 5 |
| Baja California | 5 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales |
| Family | Legumes · Fabaceae |
| Genus | deervetch · Acmispon |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise chaparral bird's-foot trefoil with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.