Desert rock pea

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Lotus rigidus
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Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Lotus
Species: L. rigidus

Binomial name
Lotus rigidus
(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.

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