D.D. Sokoloff var. maritimus
Pronunciation: ak-MIS-pon mar-IT-i-mus
Common name: Coastal lotus
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Dry slopes below 3500', washes, talus, coastal
sage scrub, chaparral, foothill woodlands
Blooming period: March to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Acmispon
2) maritimus
Formerly Lotus salsuginosus var. salsuginosus