Species Detail Forb

Flowers Willow Dells Tr - Sue Smith		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Lotus mearnsii - Mearn's bird's-foot trefoil Synonyms: Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub Family: Fabaceae
Flowers Willow Dells Tr - Sue Smith


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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native Life Cycle: Perennial
General Desc: Stems can be ascending, declining and/or nearly flat on the ground.
Identification notes: Stipules inconspicuous, yellow flowers, stems not rigid and not twice as long as leave, flower stems that rise above the leave and prostrate stems distinguish this Lotus sp.
Height: 4 to 10 inches

Habitat

Habitat Description: Appears mostly in grasslands on dry mesas and slopes.
Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 3000 - 7000 feet

Flower Characteristics

Color: Yellow Shape: Irregular in elongated clusters Tubular: Y Flowering Period: Mar - Aug
Description: Flowers appear solitary or can be clustered with stalks of flowers arising from one point. Flowers can be much longer than the leaves. Calyx lobes are shorter than the tube. Petals are about 1/2 inch long. Turns from yellow to purple as flower dries.

Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Green Leaf Type: Compound Leaf Shape: Round or oval Leaf Margin: Smooth Leaf Attachment: Alternate Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves Spines: N
Leaf Description: Has 3 to 5 leaflets. Leaflets are inversely ovate to lanceolate to over 1/2 inch long. Hairs appear silvery.

Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Color: Green
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Pods are 1/2 to 1 inch long with silvery hairs.


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