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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lotus scoparius''
| image = Lotus scoparius.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Loteae]]
| genus = ''[[Lotus (genus)|Lotus]]''
| species = '''''L. scoparius'''''
| binomial = ''Lotus scoparius''
| binomial_authority = ([[Thomas Nuttall|Nutt.]]) Otley
}}
'''''Lotus scoparius''''' ('''Common Deerweed''', '''Deer Weed''', '''Deervetch''', '''California Broom''' or '''Western Bird's-Foot Trefoil''') is a [[Perennial plant|perennial]] [[subshrub]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Fabaceae]] (pea family). The plant is a [[pioneer species]] found in dry areas of [[California]], [[Arizona]], and [[Mexico]]. It is commonly found in many areas including [[chaparral]], coastal sand and roadsides at elevations below 1500 m.
The [[stems]] are green, erect, somewhat branched, with small, [[deciduous]], [[pinnate]] leaves consisting of 3 – 6 leaflets. The plant which blooms from about March to August has [[flowers]] which are bilateral, small (7-11 mm) and yellow, that are clustered together in an [[inflorescence]] consisting of 2 – 7 flowers in the upper [[leaf]] axils. The flowers become reddish with age. The [[fruit]] consists of a curved pod with 2 [[seeds]].
This plant is popular with wildlife, providing food for hummingbirds, bees, butterfly larvae and deer.
== External links ==
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LOSC2 USDA webpage for Common Deerweed]
* [http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesSH.asp?curGroupID=11&shapeID=1132&curPageNum=36&recnum=WF0284 Brief description and picture]
* [http://www.calflora.net/bloomingplants/commondeerweed.html Photos and information]
*[http://www.theodorepayne.org/gallery/pages/L/lotus_scoparius.htm Theodore Payne Foundation]
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3691,3958,4013,4015 Jepson Flora Project: ''Lotus scoparius'']
[[Category:Faboideae]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lotus scoparius''
| image = Lotus scoparius.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Loteae]]
| genus = ''[[Lotus (genus)|Lotus]]''
| species = '''''L. scoparius'''''
| binomial = ''Lotus scoparius''
| binomial_authority = ([[Thomas Nuttall|Nutt.]]) Otley
}}
'''''Lotus scoparius''''' ('''Common Deerweed''', '''Deer Weed''', '''Deervetch''', '''California Broom''' or '''Western Bird's-Foot Trefoil''') is a [[Perennial plant|perennial]] [[subshrub]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Fabaceae]] (pea family). The plant is a [[pioneer species]] found in dry areas of [[California]], [[Arizona]], and [[Mexico]]. It is commonly found in many areas including [[chaparral]], coastal sand and roadsides at elevations below 1500 m.
The [[stems]] are green, erect, somewhat branched, with small, [[deciduous]], [[pinnate]] leaves consisting of 3 – 6 leaflets. The plant which blooms from about March to August has [[flowers]] which are bilateral, small (7-11 mm) and yellow, that are clustered together in an [[inflorescence]] consisting of 2 – 7 flowers in the upper [[leaf]] axils. The flowers become reddish with age. The [[fruit]] consists of a curved pod with 2 [[seeds]].
This plant is popular with wildlife, providing food for hummingbirds, bees, butterfly larvae and deer.
== External links ==
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LOSC2 USDA webpage for Common Deerweed]
* [http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesSH.asp?curGroupID=11&shapeID=1132&curPageNum=36&recnum=WF0284 Brief description and picture]
* [http://www.calflora.net/bloomingplants/commondeerweed.html Photos and information]
*[http://www.theodorepayne.org/gallery/pages/L/lotus_scoparius.htm Theodore Payne Foundation]
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3691,3958,4013,4015 Jepson Flora Project: ''Lotus scoparius'']
[[Category:Faboideae]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]