Acmispon argyraeus

Acmispon argyraeus, synonym Lotus argyraeus, is a species of legume native to California and northwest Mexico.^[1] It is known by the common name canyon bird's-foot trefoil. It occurs in dry mountain habitat. It is a perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of a few oval leaflike leaflets about 1 cm long. Most of the plant is silky-hairy in texture. The inflorescence holds one to three pinkish-yellow flowers roughly 1 cm long. The fruit is a dehiscent legume pod up to 2.5 cm long.

Acmispon argyraeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Acmispon
Species:	A. argyraeus
Binomial name
Acmispon argyraeus (Greene) Brouillet[1]
Synonyms[1]
Hosackia argyraea Greene Lotus argyraeus Greene Ottleya argyraea (Greene) D.D.Sokoloff