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Desert rock-pea In rocky creosote bush scrub and pinyon-juniper woodland, Death Valley National Park, California. A woody, nitrogen-fixing perennial.  Acmispon rigidus,Geotagged,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Desert rock-pea

In rocky creosote bush scrub and pinyon-juniper woodland, Death Valley National Park, California. A woody, nitrogen-fixing perennial.

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"Acmispon rigidus", synonyms "Lotus rigidus" and "Ottleya rigida", is a flowering plant in the pea family, native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is known as shrubby deervetch or desert rock-pea. It is found in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert.

Similar species: Fabales
Species identified by erinmoore
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Uploaded Jan 3, 2025. Captured Apr 10, 2024 11:04 in 8584M8MG+Q9.
  • PENTAX K-7
  • f/11.0
  • 1/500s
  • ISO1600
  • 100mm