Lotus junceus
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Lotus junceus is a species of legume
known by the common name rush deervetch. It is endemic to California
, where it is known from the northern and central coast and the coastal mountain ranges. It can be found from beaches inland to serpentine
slopes and chaparral
. It is a hairy, prostrate or spreading perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of small oval leaflets. The inflorescence
bears up 8 yellow pealike flowers each up to about a centimeter long. The fruit is a small beaked legume pod.
Faboideae
Faboideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. One acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae....
known by the common name rush deervetch. It is endemic to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, where it is known from the northern and central coast and the coastal mountain ranges. It can be found from beaches inland to serpentine
Serpentine soil
A serpentine soil is derived from ultramafic rocks, in particular serpentinite, a rock formed by the hydration and metamorphic transformation of ultramafic rock from the Earth's mantle....
slopes and chaparral
Chaparral
Chaparral is a shrubland or heathland plant community found primarily in the U.S. state of California and in the northern portion of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico...
. It is a hairy, prostrate or spreading perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of small oval leaflets. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
bears up 8 yellow pealike flowers each up to about a centimeter long. The fruit is a small beaked legume pod.