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Lotus hamatus
Lotus hamatus
Greene
Family:
Fabaceae
San Diego bird's-foot trefoil,
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San Diego bird's-foot-trefoil
General Description
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Plant
: Annual, glabrous or puberulent; stem prostrate to ascending
Leaves
: subpinnate or palmate; stipules gland-like or 0; leaflets 4-7, opposite to alternate, 4-10 mm, obovate or elliptic; axis sometimes flat, ± blade-like
INFLORESCENCE
: umbel, 2-5-flowered; peduncle < 5 mm or 0; bract 0
Flowers
: calyx 2-2.5 mm, lobes < tube; corolla 3-5 mm, keel > other petals; stamens 10, 9 filaments fused, 1 free
Fruit
: legume, indehiscent, 1-1.5 cm, linear, bent, tapered, exserted; beak long, hooked; Seeds 2, often ± reniform, generally hard, smooth
Misc
: Coastal scrub, desert canyons, washes, disturbed areas; 0-600 m.
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