genus
Deervetch
Acmispon
Field notes
Acmispon is a genus of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to North America and the west coast of Chile in South America. It includes several species of American bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches formerly contained in the globally distributed genus Lotus. The former genus Syrmatium is included in Acmispon. The Jepson eFlora accepts only Acmispon.
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- Deerweed native
- Spanish Clover native
- Strigose Lotus native
- Shrubby Deervetch native
- Silver Bird's-foot Trefoil native
- Short-flower Deervetch native
- Foothill Deervetch native
- Chile Trefoil native
- Heermann's Lotus native
- Sierra Lotus native
- Coastal Bird's-foot Trefoil native
- Chaparral Bird's-foot Trefoil native
- Acmispon watsonii present
- Wright's Deervetch native
- San Diego Bird's-foot Trefoil native
- Island Broom native
- New Mexico Bird's-foot Trefoil native
- Nuttall's Acmispon native
- Rush Broom native
- Bentham's Broom native
- Greene's Deerweed present
- Riverbar Bird's-foot Trefoil native
- Canyon Birdsfoot Trefoil native
- Silky California Broom native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native deervetch All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
caterpillars
4
food
3
flowers
62
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Spanish Clover
Acmispon americanus
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
19
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Strigose Lotus
Acmispon strigosus
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
16
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Silver Bird's-foot Trefoil
Acmispon argophyllus
caterpillars
3
flowers
37
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Chile Trefoil
Acmispon wrangelianus
caterpillars
3
flowers
13
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Foothill Deervetch
Acmispon brachycarpus
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
13
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Wright's Deervetch
Acmispon wrightii
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
8
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Shrubby Deervetch
Acmispon rigidus
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
20
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Coastal Bird's-foot Trefoil
Acmispon maritimus
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
13
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Nuttall's Acmispon
Acmispon prostratus
caterpillars
2
flowers
33
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Sierra Lotus
Acmispon decumbens
caterpillars
2
flowers
22
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Heermann's Lotus
Acmispon tomentosus
caterpillars
2
flowers
18
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Chaparral Bird's-foot Trefoil
Acmispon grandiflorus
caterpillars
2
flowers
15
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Island Broom
Acmispon dendroideus
caterpillars
2
flowers
15
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Short-flower Deervetch
Acmispon parviflorus
caterpillars
2
flowers
13