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Hosackia gracilis

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Species of legume
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Hosackia gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Hosackia
Species: H. gracilis
Binomial name
Hosackia gracilis
Benth.
Synonyms
  • Anisolotus formosissimus (Greene) Thornber
  • Lotus formosissimus Greene

Hosackia gracilis, synonym Lotus formosissimus, is a species of legume native to western North America from British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to California. It was first described by George Bentham. It is known by the common names harlequin lotus and seaside bird's-foot trefoil. It grows in moist spots in the coastal mountains and down to the oceanside bluffs. It is a perennial herb growing upright or spreading to about 0.5 m in maximum length. It is lined with leaves each made up of a few oppositely arranged oval leaflets up to 2 cm long. The inflorescence is made up of several pealike flowers each 1 to 2 cm 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 to 3 cm long.

It is believed that the caterpillars of the critically endangered lotis blue butterfly (syn. Lycaeides idas lotis, Lycaeides argyrognomon lotis, Plebejus anna lotis) feed on Hosackia gracilis on the Mendocino coast in damp coastal prairies.

In Hearst San Simeon State Park

References

  1. ^ "Hosackia gracilis Benth.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-06
  2. Brouillet, Luc (2012), Jepson Flora Project (ed.), "Hosackia gracilis", Jepson eFlora, Regents of the University of California, retrieved 2018-02-06
  3. "Seaside Bird's Foot Trefoil, Hosackia gracilis". calscape.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "5-year review, Lotis blue butterfly (Plebejus anna lotis)" (PDF).
  5. "Lotis Blue Butterfly Facts - Photos - Earth's Endangered Creatures". www.earthsendangered.com. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

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Taxon identifiers
Hosackia gracilis
Lotus formosissimus


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