CDA - California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDA)
CDA-0025899
673f90db-bb83-44f3-a79e-c93373152b3b
Lotus crassifolius var. otayensis (Benth.) Greene
Fabaceae
G.F. Hrusa (3/27/2009)
David J. Keil
20144
1987-05-11
5/11/1987
R. Riggins
United States, California, San Luis Obispo, Cuesta Ridge east, along road to radio facility north of Mount. Lowe, circa 0.35 miles from Cuesta Ridge Road and 4 miles from US 101.
35.325 -120.60694
Flowers yellow, aging red-orange. Calyx and banner red-purple; wings and keel greenish white. Abundant in shaded sites. Stems several to many from flexible, fleshy taproot with adventitious buds.
copied from duplicate
732 meters
2400Ft
Area burned over in Las Pilitas fire of June-July 1985. Steep north-facing slope beneath burned stand of Pinus attenuata. Deep rocky soil derived from decomposing Monterey shale.