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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lotus rigidus''
| image = Lotus_rigidus.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| genus = ''[[Lotus (genus)|Lotus]]''
| species = '''''L. rigidus'''''
| binomial = ''Lotus rigidus''
| binomial_authority = ([[George Bentham|Benth.]]) [[Edward Lee Greene|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 plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous]] plant growing to 0.5–1.5 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are irregularly pinnate or palmate with 3-4 leaflets, 5-15 mm long. The [[flower]]s are yellow, turning red or purple as they age.