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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Stems clustered, trail along the ground or ascend; often fleshy, very small to robust plants, without hairs or with straight, stiff, sharp, appressed hairs; leaves pinnate, leaflets 3 to 8; flowers yellow, typical pea flower of banner, wings and keel.
Identification notes: Annual, stems trail 4 to 12 inches; herbage with fine, stiff straight pressed hairs; leaves pinnate, leaflets 3 to 8; stipules generally not apparent; flowers yellow, stalked, solitary or in small clusters, wings about as long as the keel.
Height:
4 to 12 inches
Habitat Description: Desert scrub, dry hills and mesas.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub,
Elevation: Below 3000 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Irregular in round clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Feb - May
Description:
1 to 5 flowered rounded clusters; flowers about 1/2 inch wide, have banner, wings and keel; wings narrow at their base; sepals shorter than the flower tube; stamens 10, 9 stamen filaments fused, 1 free.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are irregularly pinnate (have terminal leaflets); stipules generally not apparent; leaflets 3 to 8, 1/4 inch wide or less, rounded; terminal leaflet is the largest. Stems and leaves may or may not be hairy.
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Pods split apart when mature, generally 1/2 to 1 inch long, narrowly oblong, often curved; shaved narrow points, bent like a hook.
Seed Notes: Seeds few to many, often kidney-shaped, generally hard, smooth.
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