Short-winged Deerweed
Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus
Synonym: Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus
- ![Short-winged Deerweed: Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus (Synonym: Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus)](glaber/brevialatus/brevialatus03-28-2010d.jpg)
- ![Short-winged Deerweed: Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus (Synonym: Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus)](glaber/brevialatus/brevialatus03-28-2010e.jpg)
- ![Short-winged Deerweed: Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus (Synonym: Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus)](glaber/brevialatus/brevialatus03-28-2010b.jpg)
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)](glaber/brevialatus/brevialatus04-01-2006a.jpg)
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