Acmispon dendroideus var. veatchii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Acmispon dendroideus (Greene) Brouillet var. veatchii (Greene) Brouillet

San miguel island deerweed

2006 Steve Matson

Acmispon dendroideus var. veatchii is a shrub that is native to California, and also found in Baja California.

also called Lotus dendroideus var. veatchii

California Rare Plant Rank: 4.3 (limited distribution).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~56 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

Bloom Period

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Parent:	Acmispon dendroideus
Genus:	Acmispon
Family:	Fabaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + JEF + CNPS

Alternate Names:


JEF + CNPS	Lotus dendroideus var. veatchii
JEF	Lotus scoparius var. veatchii

Information about Acmispon dendroideus var. veatchii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 4.3 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 07/10/2025).