streambank bird’s-foot trefoil

Hosackia oblongifolia

Member of genus Hosackia
legume family (family Fabaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
yellow in flowering plants

Current scholorship does not recognize varieties within this species.

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• peduncle bract just below umbel or missing
• plant often hairy
• petal claw included or barely exserted from calyx tube
• vanishingly rare in the bay area

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Chris’s observations: 1 (none are research grade)

Locations:

• Desolation Wilderness

Months:

• Aug.: 1

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Not all sites agree about the scientific name:

• Hosackia oblongifolia → iNaturalist
• Hosackia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia → Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora
• not yet listed → FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora