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 Leaves Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant University of Nevada Herbarium, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) |  Fruit Gordon Scott @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual
General Desc:
Taprooted annual; trailing to erect. Simple stems may branch, hairy; leaves palmate, divided into 3 lance-shaped leaflets; each flower stalk has 1 leaf; flowers single, white to pink.
Identification notes: Annual, usually hairy; stems trailing to erect, simple or branched; lower leaves pinnate, leaflets usually 3, lance-like; stipules gland-like; flowers solitary, stalked, white, yellow or pink, wing's keel similar in length;Â fruit splits open at maturity.
Height:
8 to 18 inches
Habitat Description: Chaparral, mountain forest, water courses, roadsides, other disturbed areas.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: Below 7800 feet
Color:
White, yellow or pink
Shape:
Irregular not in clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
May - Jul
Description:
Flowers solitary, in upper leaf nodes, attached by about 12 inches long hairy stalks; petals pink or white, yellow or darker pink tints; wing and keel petals are similar in size, larger banner petal is held at about 90 degrees, crossed by darker veins.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Palmate
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves sometimes simple, usually have 3 leaflets, leaflets slightly folded along their axis, covered by relatively long hairs (especially underneath), as are the stems, though older stems tend to become hairless. Leaves have gland-like stipules at base.
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Pods are up to 1-1/3 inches long, containing between 4 and 8 seeds.
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