Latin name: Acmispon dendroideus (Greene) Brouillet
  var. dendroideus
  Pronunciation: ak-MIS-pon den-dro-ID-ee-us
  Common name: Island deerweed
  Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
  Habitat: Bluffs, inland canyons, Santa Rosa, Santa
  Cruz and Anacapa Islands
  Blooming period: March to August
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Acmispon
  2) dendroideus
  Formerly Lotus dendroideus var. dendroideus
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