Latin name: Acmispon nevadensis (S. Watson)
  Brouillet var. davidsonii (Greene) Brouillet
  Pronunciation: ak-MIS-pon ne-va-DEN-sis day-vid-
  SONE-ee-eye

  Common name: Davidson's lotus
  Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
  Habitat: Open places, oak to pine forests, 3500'-8500',
  Transverse Range, NE Peninsular Range

  Blooming period: May to August
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Acmispon
  2) nevadensis  3) davidsonii
  Formerly Lotus nevadensis var. davidsonii
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