American Bird's-foot Trefoil, Pursh's Lotus, Spanish-clover
Acmispon americanus var. americanus
Synonyms: Hosackia americana, Lotus americanus, Lotus purshianus var. glabra, Lotus purshianus var. purshianus, Lotus unifoliolatus, Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus
The photo above shows a close-up frontal-view
of the flower of spanish-clover as seen as seen at about 2780' at the edge of
the roadbed of Road K6000 at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.
The photo above shows a close-up side-view
of the flower of spanish-clover as seen as seen at about 2780' at the edge of
the roadbed of Road K6000 at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams. Note the
numerous long, spreading hairs on the calyx tube and its narow lobes as well
as those on the leaves.
The photo above shows a close-up of the long,
linear pod of spanish-clover as seen along Road #23 at the Mt. Adams Viewpoint
about one-half mile south of Road #8810 at the southwestern corner of Mt. Adams.........August
26, 2005. The pods are typically longer than 15 mm long but less than
3 mm wide.
The photo above shows the stem leaves of spanish-clover.
The leaves usually have only 3 leaflets with individual leaflets measuring 3-10
mm wide.
Another view of the same seed pod. Often the
pods are constricted between the seeds.
The photo above shows american bird's-foot trefoil as seen along Road K1000 east of the Mt. Adams Highway.........July 2, 2007.
Paul Slichter