Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Acmispon americanus (Nuttall) Rydberg
(Pursh's Trefoil)

Family: Fabaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Lotus purshianus (Bentham) Clements & Clements
Acmispon americanum (Nuttall) Rydberg
Hosackia purshiana Bentham
Lotus americanus (Nuttall) Rydberg

Acmispon americanus is an upright annual with mostly trifoliate leaves. The corolla is white fading to pink. It is found in canyon bottoms at middle elevation in the Gila National Forest.
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Acmispon americanus, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Deadman Canyon, Sept. 3, 2007

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