Chile Trefoil (Acmispon wrangelianus) Login         


        Description
  • EW Bloom Apr - Jul
  • This pea plant is decumbent (growing along the ground) and short (less than 1 foot long)
  • Pea pods are small - less than 3/4" long.
  • They're abundant on coastal bluffs, chaparral, and disturbed areas.
  • Other Trefoils
  • CA native
  • AKA Chilean Trefoil
  • Pea Family (Fabaceae)



Single yellow pea flowers are small, less than 1/2" long. Leaves and stems have soft hairs.



Leaflets are in asymmetrical groups of four. Pea pods have a curved beak at their tips.



The stem branches near its base. Single flowers and pea pods grow from leaf axils.

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This [[annual]] is widespread and abundant in coastal sage scrub and [[chapparal]], especially on thin soils. It has tiny [[compound leaves]] with ...

Flowers are tiny. Here they are in comparison to a ring.

On this plant, the yellow flower on top is ready for fertilization. Next down, the flower has already started to wither. Farther down, a fer ...

Leaves and yellow pea flowers can grow thickly. Flowers turn orange and then red with age. When these flowers fruit, they will produce a large num ...

Chilean Trefoil grows in thin soil, often in disturbed places. Here they are, forming tiny yellow dots near the ground. Chilean Trefoil is adapt ...