var. procumbens
Pronunciation: ak-MIS-pon pro-KUM-bens
Common name: Silky deerweed
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Chaparral to jeffrey pine forest, sandy flats
and slopes, Transverse and Peninsular Ranges, Mojave
Desert
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Acmispon
2) procumbens
Formerly Lotus procumbens var. procumbens