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Acmispon parviflorus

(Benth.) D.D. Sokoloff

Small-flowered Trefoil

G5Secure Found in 35 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.149962
Element CodePDFAB2A0R0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae
GenusAcmispon
Synonyms
Anisolotus parviflorus(Benth.) A.HellerHosackia parvifloraBenth.Lotus micranthusBenth.
Other Common Names
desert deervetch (EN) Lotier à petites fleurs d'Amérique (FR) Short-flower Bird's-foot-trefoil (EN) Small-flowered Bird's-foot Trefoil (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Taxonomic Comments
FNA (2023, vol. 11) recognizes Lotus as native to Eurasia, with taxa native to North American treated as Acmispon or Hosackia. FNA (2023, vol. 11) treats Lotus micranthus in the genus Acmispon as A. parviflorus.

According to the second edition of the Jepson Manual (Baldwin et al. 2012), Lotus micranthus is a synonym of Acmispon parviflorus. According to Brouillet (2008), the basionym of Acmispon micranthus is "Hosackia micrantha Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1(2):324. 1838, non Lotus micranthus Benth. 1837. Syrmatium micranthum (Nutt.) Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2(6B):147.1886."
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2015-08-12
Change Date1988-08-30
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
OregonSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
CanadaN4
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaS4Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (35)
California (26)
AreaForestAcres
Bald RockPlumas National Forest4,675
Black ButteMendocino National Forest15,461
Bucks LakePlumas National Forest680
ChinquapinShasta-Trinity National Forest22,040
Chips CreekPlumas National Forest12,940
Chips CreekLassen National Forest29,089
Cow CreekShasta-Trinity National Forest22,627
Cow CreekSix Rivers National Forest1,271
Devils RockShasta-Trinity National Forest16,209
EagleShasta-Trinity National Forest6,553
Ferguson RidgeSierra National Forest6,104
KangarooKlamath National Forest40,617
Little French CShasta-Trinity National Forest11,529
Mill CreekLassen National Forest7,587
Monkey CreekSix Rivers National Forest9,017
Mt. LassicSix Rivers National Forest6,643
North Fork SmithSix Rivers National Forest37,898
Orleans Mtn. CSix Rivers National Forest15,589
PattisonShasta-Trinity National Forest29,299
PortugueseKlamath National Forest18,915
Ship MountainSix Rivers National Forest11,936
Sill HillCleveland National Forest5,294
Siskiyou BSix Rivers National Forest18,871
Snow MountainMendocino National Forest14,457
Trumbull PeakStanislaus National Forest6,164
WaterhouseStanislaus National Forest4,394
Oregon (6)
AreaForestAcres
Bull Of The WoodsMt. Hood National Forest8,843
Mclennon MountainWillamette National Forest8,085
North KalmiopsisSiskiyou National Forests91,560
Opal CreekWillamette National Forest5,417
Shasta CostaSiskiyou National Forests14,420
Wind CreekMt. Hood National Forest5,438
Washington (3)
AreaForestAcres
Bear CreekGifford Pinchot National Forest7,980
Big Lava BedGifford Pinchot National Forest19,043
Mt. BaldyOlympic National Forest3,557
References (4)
  1. Baldwin, B. G., D. H. Goldman, D. J. Keil, R. Patterson, T. J. Rosatti, and D. H. Wilken, eds. 2012. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California. 2nd edition. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1568 pp.
  2. Brouillet, L. 2008. The taxonomy of North American loti (Fabaceae: Loteae): New names in Acmispon and Hosackia. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2:387-394.
  3. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2023. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 11. Magnoliophyta: Fabaceae, parts 1+2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxvii + 1108 pp.
  4. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.