Acmispon grandiflorus var. macranthus
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 390. 2008.
Endemic
Basionym: Hosackia macrantha Greene Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 81. 1885
Synonyms: Anisolotus macranthus (Greene) A. Heller Lotus grandiflorus var. macranthus (Greene) Isely
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 11.
Herbs strigillose or puberulent, green. Ovules ca. 45.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Ponderosa pine, oak-pine, or semi-open mixed conifer forests, chaparral, clayey, sandy, gravelly, or cobbly volcanic soils, wet or moist, gravelly stream bottoms and banks, gravelly roadsides.
Elevation: 300–1800 m.
Discussion
Variety macranthus is known from the northern and central Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range. Lotus macranthus (Greene) Greene 1890 (not Lowe 1838) is an illegitimate name that pertains here.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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