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Buck Lotus

Hosackia crassifolia

Lotus crassifolius is a species of trefoil, a legume, known by the common names big deervetch and broad-leafed lotus. It is a long-lived, somewhat bushy plant which bears long straight stems with evenly spaced oval-shaped leaves. It produces thick bunches of yellow or pink-and-yellow pea flowers and brownish pea pods containing speckled red or brown peas. This legume is native to the western United States. One very rare variety of this plant is found only on Otay Mountain in southern San Diego County, California. Other varieties are much more common and can be found in chaparral ecosystems.

Big Deervetch

Hosackia crassifolia var. crassifolia

Big Deervetch (Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius) is a native perennial herb that grows in northern, southern and central California. It tends to grow at elevations from 1000-6900 feet.

Otay Mtn. Lotus

Hosackia crassifolia var. otayensis

Otay Mtn. Lotus is a rare native perennial herb in the Fabaceae (Legume) family. It is one of two recognized varieties of Hosackia crassifolia found in California. It is found primarily in the Otay Mountain area of San Diego County and adjacent Baja, although there is also a disjunct population reported in San Luis Obispo County. The more common var. crassifolia also occurs in the same area of San Diego. Otay Mountain Lotus tends to grow in chaparral or disturbed areas at elevations from 1,000 to 4,000 feet. This plant is rarely used in gardens, a little information is available on its cultural tolerances and requirements.

Seaside Bird's Foot Trefoil

Hosackia gracilis

Hosackia gracilis is a species in the Fabaceae (Legume) family known by the common name Seaside Bird's-foot Trefoil. It is a rare plant native to western North America from British Columbia to California, as far south as San Luis Obispo County, where it grows in moist spots in the coastal mountains and down to the oceanside bluffs. Due to its limited distribution it is included on CNPS list 4.2. It is a perennial herb growing upright or spreading to about half a meter in maximum length. It is lined with leaves each made up of a few oppositely arranged oval leaflets up to 2 centimeters long. The flower cluster is made up of several pea-like flowers each 1 to 2 centimeters long. The flower has a bright yellow banner, or upper petal, and bright pink or white lower petals. The fruit is a legume pod 2 or 3 centimeters long.

Woolly Bird's-foot Trefoil

Hosackia incana

Streambank Lotus

Hosackia oblongifolia

Lotus oblongifolius is a species of legume known by the common name streambank bird's-foot trefoil. It is native to western North America from Oregon to northern Mexico, where 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 elongated oval leaflets each up to 2.5 centimeters long. The flower cluster 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. One variety of this species, var. cupreus, the copper-flowered bird's-foot trefoil, is endemic to the Sierra Nevada slopes of Tulare County, California.

Copper-flowered Bird's-foot Trefoil

Hosackia oblongifolia var. cuprea

Narrow-leaved Lotus

Hosackia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia

Meadow Birdsfoot Trefoil

Hosackia pinnata

Rosy Birdsfoot Trefoil

Hosackia rosea

Balsam Birdsfoot Trefoil

Hosackia stipularis

Hosackia stipularis var. ottleyi

Balsam Bird's-foot Trefoil

Hosackia stipularis var. stipularis

Yolla Bolly Mtns. Bird's Foot Trefoil

Hosackia yollabolliensis

Yolla Bolly Mtns. Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus yollabolliensis) is a rare native perennial herb that grows in Northern California, primarily in the North Coast and North Coast Range regions. It tends to grow in open and dry slopes, at elevations from 5600-6900 feet.

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