Hosackia oblongifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Hosackia
Species:
H. oblongifolia
Binomial name
Hosackia oblongifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Hosackia cuprea Smiley
  • Hosackia lathyroides Durand & Hilg.
  • Hosackia oblongifolia var. cuprea (Greene) Brouillet
  • Hosackia torreyi A.Gray
  • Hosackia torreyi var. nevadensis A.Gray
  • Lotus cupreus Greene
  • Lotus lathyroides Greene
  • Lotus oblongifolius Greene
  • Lotus oblongifolius var. cupreus Ottley
  • Lotus oblongifolius var. nevadensis (A.Gray) Munz
  • Lotus oblongifolius var. torreyi Ottley
  • Lotus torreyi Greene
  • Lotus torreyi var. seorsus J.F.Macbr.

Hosackia oblongifolia, synonym Lotus oblongifolius, is a species of legume native to western North America from Oregon to northern Mexico.[1] It is known by the common name streambank bird's-foot trefoil or meadow lotus. It grows in moist to wet areas in several types of habitat. It is a spreading or upright perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of 3 elongated oval leaflets each up to 2.5 centimeters long. The inflorescence bears several yellow and white flowers between 1 and 2 centimeters long. The fruit is very elongated, reaching up to 5 centimeters in length but just a few millimeters in width.

Plants with copper colored flowers have been separated by some sources as var. cupreus, the copper-flowered bird's-foot trefoil. They are found in the Sierra Nevada slopes of Tulare County, California.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hosackia oblongifolia Benth.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-06
  2. ↑ California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile
Flowers and leaf


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