Legumes: Lupines and Deervetch of Mount Diablo
A guide that should help fellow hikers, naturalists, and citizen scientists differentiate between the similar-looking lupines and deervetch seen at Mount Diablo.
Spanish clover
Acmispon americanus, known by the common name Spanish Clover, is a species of legume native to most habitats of California, the Western United States, Western Canada, and Northern Mexico.
foothill deervetch
Lotus humistratus is a species of legume known by the common name foothill deervetch. It is native to western North America from Idaho to Texas to northern Mexico, where it is known from many types of habitat. It is an annual herb spreading upright or taking a clumpy or matted form. It is lined with leaves each usually made up of four hairy, somewhat fleshy leaflets each ...more ↓
Common Deerweed
Acmispon glaber (previously Lotus scoparius) (Common Deerweed, Deer Weed, Deervetch, California Broom or Western Bird's-Foot Trefoil) is a perennial subshrub in the family Fabaceae (pea family). The plant is a pioneer species found in dry areas of California, Arizona, and Mexico. It is commonly found in many areas including chaparral, ...more ↓
desert deervetch
Canada
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
United States
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: ...more ↓
Chile trefoil
Acmispon wrangelianus is a species of legume known by the common names Chilean bird's-foot trefoil and Chile lotus. It is native to California, where it is widespread, and parts of adjacent states. Despite its common name, it is not from Chile. It can be found in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas. This is a hairy, prostrate annual herb. Its slender ...more ↓
