Ottleya rigida
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Ottleya |
| Species: | O. rigida
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| Binomial name | |
| Ottleya rigida (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff
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Ottleya rigida, synonyms Lotus rigidus and Acmispon rigidus, is a flowering plant in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.[1] It is known as shrubby deervetch[2] or desert rock-pea. It is found in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert.[3][4]
Description[]
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It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 0.5–1.5 m tall. The leaves are irregularly pinnate or palmate with three or four leaflets, 5–15 mm long. The flowers are yellow, turning red or purple as they age.
Distribution and habitat[]
Ottleya rigida is found in the southwestern United States (Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah) and in northwestern Mexico.[1] It occurs in the Mojave Desert north to Inyo County, California, and in the Sonoran Desert south to the Baja California Peninsula.[3] It is found on dry slopes and desert dry washes below 6,000 ft above sea level, in Joshua tree woodland, and in pinyon-juniper woodland plant communities.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Ottleya rigida (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-10
- ^ "Lotus rigidus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 232
- ^ Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 72
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