Acmispon decumbens

Acmispon decumbens is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the western United States (Nevada, California) and north-western Mexico (Baja California).^[1] It was first described by George Bentham in 1836 as Hosackia decumbens.^[2]

Acmispon decumbens
Acmispon decumbens var. davidsonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Acmispon
Species:	A. decumbens
Binomial name
Acmispon decumbens (Benth.) Govaerts[1]
Synonyms[1]
Anisolotus decumbens (Benth.) Thornber Hosackia decumbens Benth. Lotus douglasii Greene Lotus nevadensis var. douglasii (Greene) Ottley Syrmatium decumbens (Benth.) Greene

It grows in several types of habitat, including mountain forest and meadows. It is a spreading or mat-forming perennial herb coated in long hairs. It is lined with leaves each made up of small green oval leaflets. The inflorescence bears up 12 pinkish yellow pealike flowers each a centimeter long or more. The fruit is a slender, bent, beaked legume pod.^{[citation needed]}

Varieties

Two varieties are recognized:^[1]

• Acmispon decumbens var. decumbens; synonyms include Acmispon nevadensis (S.Watson) Brouillet, Hosackia heermannii L.C.Anderson, Syrmatium nevadense (S.Watson) Greene
• Acmispon decumbens var. davidsonii (Greene) Govaerts; synonyms include Lotus davidsonii Greene