Species
Hosackia rosea (Rosy bird's-foot trefoil)
Hosackia rosea. Photo: (c) Alex Abair, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Hosackia rosea, synonym Lotus aboriginus, is a species of legume native to California. It is known by the common names rosy bird’s-foot trefoil and thicket trefoil. It grows in mountains and canyons, often in moist areas. It is a perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of pairs of oval leaflike leaflets 1 to 3 cm long. The inflorescence is a spray of six to 10 white or pink flowers each about 1 cm long….
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Order: Fabales (Legumes, milkworts, and allies)
- Family: Fabaceae (Legumes)
- Subfamily: Faboideae
- Tribe: Loteae
- Genus: Hosackia
- Species: Hosackia rosea (Rosy bird's-foot trefoil)
- Genus: Hosackia
- Tribe: Loteae
- Subfamily: Faboideae
- Family: Fabaceae (Legumes)
- Order: Fabales (Legumes, milkworts, and allies)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)







































