PLANTS Profile for Lotus scoparius (common deerweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley
common deerweed

Symbol:

LOSC2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Status:

L48

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Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley

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Distribution:
Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley


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USA (AZ, CA)

Related Taxa:
Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 72 species in Lotus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley var. brevialatus Ottley. .

Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus
western bird's-foot trefoil

Distribution of Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley var. scoparius. .

Lotus scoparius var. scoparius
common deerweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Lotus L. – trefoil
Species	Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley – common deerweed

More Accounts and Images:
Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26403.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 07:45 PM CDT