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W. refracta Engelm. JACKASS-CLOVER
NATIVE
Annual, short-lived perennial herb, glabrous to puberulent.
Stem: much-branched from base, 0.5–24 dm.
Leaf: petiole 3–25 mm; leaflets generally 3.
Inflorescence: raceme, terminal, 1–3 cm, dense, in fruit 4–20 cm; pedicels 5–10 mm.
Flower: radial; sepals free, 1–2 mm, ± entire, green; petals 2.5–6.3 mm, elliptic, yellow, tapered to base, claw ± 0; stamens 8–14 mm, yellow; ovary 0.3–0.6 mm, generally exserted, lobes 2, ± free, each generally 1-ovuled, style 2–5.5 mm.
Fruit: 2 nutlets; valves deciduous; receptacle stalk-like, reflexed; style elongate but not spine-like.
Seed: 1(3) per nutlet.
2n=40. TOXIC but seldom eaten. Valuable honey plant. [Online Interchange]
Unabridged references: [Vanderpool et al. 1991 Amer J Bot 78:295–937]

Key to Wislizenia refracta

1. Plant short-lived perennial herb; leaflets 3 below, 1 (leaf simple) above, linear-elliptic, 3–8 × longer than wide; sepals ovate, < 1.75 × longer than wide ..... subsp. palmeri

1' Plant annual; leaflets 3, ovate to obovate, 2–3 × longer than wide; sepals lanceolate, > 1.75 × longer than wide

2. Lflet 2 × longer than wide; anthers 1.6–2.1 mm; SnJV ..... subsp. californica

2' Lflet 2–3 × longer than wide; anthers 0.9–1.2 mm; s DMoj, n DSon ..... subsp. refracta

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