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shrubby deervetch
Acmispon rigidus
24 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.
Easily confused with
Wright's DeervetchAcmispon wrightii
deerweedAcmispon glaber
strigose lotusAcmispon strigosus
New Mexico bird's-foot trefoilAcmispon oroboides
Greene's deerweedAcmispon neomexicanus
chaparral bird's-foot trefoilAcmispon grandiflorus
bird's-foot trefoilLotus corniculatus
California BuckwheatEriogonum fasciculatum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 2,381 |
|---|---|
| California | 1,570 |
| Arizona | 1,107 |
| Mexico | 155 |
| Baja California | 155 |
| Nevada | 115 |
| Utah | 34 |
| Kansas | 1 |
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 shrubby deervetch with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.