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§1 Plant
Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley var. scoparius
vernacular common deerweed — variety · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Lotus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 36 counties across 1 state§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 36 counties across 1 state.
California view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Calaveras 06009
- Contra Costa 06013
- Fresno 06019
- Humboldt 06023
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Madera 06039
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Merced 06047
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Orange 06059
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Sacramento 06067
- San Benito 06069
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Sutter 06101
- Tulare 06107
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LOSCS2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7274828 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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