Latin name: Acmispon americanus (Nutt.) Rydberg var. americanus Pronunciation: ak-MIS-pon a-mer-i-KAY-nus Common name: Spanish clover, American bird's-foot trefoil Family: Fabaceae (Pea) Habitat: Dry fields and disturbed places in many plant communities, cismontane, occasionally desert, coastal and mountain forests, chaparral, watercourses, roadsides Blooming period: May to October Name derivations: 1) Acmispon 2) americanus Formerly Lotus purshianus var. purshianus