Hosackia pinnata Calflora

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Taxon Report

Hosackia pinnata (Hook.) Abrams

Pinnate lotus

2015 Steve Matson

2019 Matt Berger

2015 Steve Matson

2009 Julie Kierstead Nelson

2024 Jane Cohn

2015 Steve Matson

2011 Steve Matson

Hosackia pinnata is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

also called Lotus pinnatus


	Plant Range Observation Search ~175 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Hosackia
Family:	Fabaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Foothill Woodland, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Hosackia bicolor
JEF	Lotus pinnatus
PLANTS	Lotus pinnatus

Information about Hosackia pinnata from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (LOPI2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).