Syrmatium junceum

Syrmatium junceum, synonyms Lotus junceus and Acmispon junceus, is a species of legume native to California.[1][2] It is known by the common names rush broom[3] and rush deervetch. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the northern and central coast and the coastal mountain ranges. It can be found from beaches inland to serpentine slopes and chaparral. It is a hairy, prostrate or spreading perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of small oval leaflets. The inflorescence bears up 8 yellow pealike flowers each up to about a centimeter long. The fruit is a small beaked legume pod.

Syrmatium junceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Syrmatium
Species:
S. junceum
Binomial name
Syrmatium junceum
Greene[1]
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Lotus biolettii var. spiralis Hoover
  • Lotus junceus Greene
  • Lotus junceus var. biolettii Ottley
  • Acmispon junceus (Benth.) Brouillet

References
  1. "Syrmatium junceum Greene". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. Brouillet, Luc (2012), Jepson Flora Project (ed.), "Acmispon junceus", Jepson eFlora, Regents of the University of California, retrieved 2018-02-06
  3. "Lotus junceus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 23 June 2015.


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