Pronunciation: AK-mi-spon RI-ji-dus
Common name: Desert rock pea
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Dry slopes and washes below 5000', creosote
bush scrub to pinyon-juniper woodland, both deserts
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Acmispon 2) rigidus
Formerly Lotus rigidus