[Bird's-foot Trefoil, Lotus and Deerweed: The Genus Acmispon in the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest]

Short-winged Deerweed

Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus

Synonym: Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus

Short-winged Deerweed: Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus (Synonym: Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus) - Short-winged Deerweed: Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus (Synonym: Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus)

Short-winged Deerweed: Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus (Synonym: Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus) - Short-winged Deerweed: Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus (Synonym: Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus)

Short-winged Deerweed: Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus (Synonym: Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus) - Short-winged Deerweed: Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus (Synonym: Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus)

Short-winged deerweed observed at Mine Wash, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......March 27, 2010.

Flower of Short-winged Deerweed: Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus (Synonym: Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus)

Short-winged deerweed observed in Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......April 1, 2006. Note that as the common name indicates, the wing petals are shorter than the keel petal.

Paul Slichter