Lotus grandiflorus
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L. grandiflorus
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Lotus grandiflorus is a species of legume known by the common name chaparral bird's-foot trefoil.
It is native to California and Baja California, where it is found in many mountainous areas in the chaparral and coniferous forests.
Description
Lotus grandiflorus is a perennial herb taking an erect to decumbent form. It is lined with leaves each made up of oval leaflets 1 to 2 centimeters long and hairy to hairless in texture.
The inflorescence is made up 3 to 9 pealike flowers which may approach three centimeters long. The flower varies in color from whitish to yellow to pink.
The fruit is a legume pod up to 6 centimeters long.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment of Lotus grandiflorus
- USDA Plants Profile for Lotus grandiflorus
- Lotus grandiflorus — Photo gallery
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- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
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