Sokoloff
Pronunciation: ak-MIS-pon brak-ee-KAR-pus
Common name: Hill lotus
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Grasslands, oak and pine woodlands, and
desert flats and mountains to about 5500' through-
out most of California
Blooming period: March to June
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Acmispon
(2) brachycarpus
Formerly Lotus humistratus