Hosackia oblongifolia

Narrow leaved lotus

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Narrow leaved lotus is a California native perennial found in dry, open habitats at moderate elevations. Flowering from spring to summer, this plant produces white to yellow flowers 8 to 13 millimeters long with delicate, intricate petals. Growing with sprawling or ascending stems 10 to 60 centimeters tall that are often hairy, it has a distinctive growth pattern. Its leaves are composed of 3 to 11 leaflets, generally elliptic to oblong, arranged opposite along the stem and measuring 1 to 2.5 centimeters long. The fruit is an elongated pod 2.5 to 5 centimeters long and 1.5 to 2 millimeters wide, bearing a few seeds.

California counties: Los Angeles, Kern, El Dorado, Fresno, Butte, Plumas, Tulare, Del Norte, Shasta, Siskiyou, Humboldt, Trinity, Nevada, Tuolumne, San Diego, Ventura, San Bernardino, Inyo, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, Placer, Calaveras, Colusa, Alpine, Mariposa, Yuba, Lake, Mono, Madera, Sierra, Monterey

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