Desert rock pea

Desert rock pea

Taxobox
name = "Lotus rigidus"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Faboideae
genus = "Lotus"
species = "L. rigidus"
binomial = "Lotus rigidus"
binomial_authority = (Benth.) Greene

Desert rock pea ("Lotus rigidus"), is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the Mojave Desert in the Southwestern United States and northwest Mexico. It is found between the Colorado River and Death Valley, and south into Baja California.

It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 0.5–1.5 m tall. The leaves are irregularly pinnate or palmate with 3-4 leaflets, 5-15 mm long. The flowers are yellow, turning red or purple as they age.

References

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Lotus%20rigidus Jepson Flora Project: "Lotus rigidus"]
*"Mojave Desert Wildflowers", Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 72


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