Carried by 2 nurseries
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Lotus heermannii is a species of legume known by the common name Heermann's bird's-foot trefoil. It is native to the coastal plains, canyons, and mountains of California and Baja California, where it is known from several types of oceanside and inland habitat. It is a mat-forming perennial herb spreading straight stems along the ground. It is lined with leaves made up of several hairy oval leaflets. The flower cluster is a cluster of 3 to 8 flowers each up to about a centimeter long. The petals are yellow, often with dark lobes. The fruit is a curved, beaked legume pod.
Perennial herb
1 - 3 ft Tall
Yellow
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Washes, riverbanks,
Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Foothill Woodland, Valley Grassland
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 2 likely
Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
Avalon Hairstreak
Strymon avalona