Acmispon dendroideus var. dendroideus Calflora

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Acmispon dendroideus (Greene) Brouillet var. dendroideus

Island broom

Acmispon dendroideus var. dendroideus is a shrub that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

also called Lotus dendroideus var. dendroideus

California Rare Plant Rank: 4.2 (limited distribution).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~238 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Parent:	Acmispon dendroideus
Genus:	Acmispon
Family:	Fabaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Closed-cone Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + JEF + CNPS + POWO

Alternate Names:


CNPS	Lotus dendroideus var. dendroideus, Lotus scoparius var. dendroideus
JEF	Lotus dendroideus var. dendroideus
JEF	Lotus scoparius var. dendroideus

Information about Acmispon dendroideus var. dendroideus from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 4.2 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/27/2025).