Acmispon glaber

Deerweed, california broom, California Broom

Family: Fabaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Deerweed is a California native shrub found throughout coastal and interior regions in chaparral, grassland, and woodland habitats at elevations from sea level to 1,500 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces bright yellow flowers in small clusters with 2 to 7 blossoms. Growing with ascending to erect stems 50 to 200 centimeters tall, it forms a bushy, somewhat woody structure with green branches that become increasingly branched. Its leaves are pinnate with 3 to 6 small elliptic leaflets, typically green and spaced along the stem, often deciduous during dry periods. The fruit is an oblong, curved pod 10 to 15 millimeters long that extends beyond the flower cluster.

California counties: Mendocino, Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Bernardino, San Mateo, Monterey, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sutter, Butte, Amador, Ventura, Solano, Contra Costa, Riverside, Napa, Alameda, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Kern, Tulare, El Dorado, Sonoma, Orange, Santa Clara, Mariposa, Yolo, Marin, Sacramento, Colusa, Lake

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.