Hoita strobilina

Loma prieta hoita, Loma Prieta Hoita

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1

Loma prieta hoita is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native perennial found in San Francisco Bay Area bioregions in chaparral and oak woodland at elevations below 600 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces purple flowers in clusters 3 to 8 centimeters long. Growing with erect stems rarely reaching one meter tall, it has smooth to slightly ridged green stems. Its leaves feature distinctive stipules 7 to 16 millimeters long that become reflexed, with leaflets 4.5 to 8 centimeters long in lanceolate to rounded shapes. The fruit develops dark brown to black, with obvious veins and measuring approximately 10 millimeters long.

Habitat: Chaparral, oak woodland

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: < 600 m

Bioregions: SnFrB.

California counties: Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Monterey, Alameda

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.