Calflora Taxon Report
Acmispon haydonii  (Orcutt) Brouillet
Pygmy lotus
Acmispon haydonii is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found in Baja California.
also called Lotus haydonii
California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.3 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Observation Search
~79 records in California
yellowone or more occurrences
within a 7.5-minute quadrangle
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Bloom Period
Genus: Acmispon
Family: Fabaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + POWO
Alternate Names:
JEF + CNPSLotus haydonii
Information about Acmispon haydonii from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.
Jepson eFlora

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