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Hosackia pinnata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Genus: | Hosackia |
Species: | H. pinnata
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Binomial name | |
Hosackia pinnata | |
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Hosackia pinnata, synonym Lotus pinnatus, is a species of legume native to western North America from British Columbia to California. [1] It is known by the common names meadow bird's-foot trefoil and bog bird's-foot trefoil. Its distribution extends into British Columbia in just a few rare occurrences near Nanaimo. It grows in moist to wet habitat, such as bogs and spring meadows. It is a hairless perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of green oval leaflets each 1 to 2.5 centimeters in length. The inflorescence is an array of up to 10 pealike flowers between 1 and 2 centimeters long. Each flower has a bright yellow banner, or upper petal, and white lower petals. The fruit is a slender, elongated legume pod up to 5 centimeters long but just a few millimeters wide.
A park in the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, is named after it, using its superseded synonym: Lotus Pinnatus Park. [2]