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Hoita macrostachya

Hoita macrostachya
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Hoita
Species: H. macrostachya
Binomial name
Hoita macrostachya
(DC.) Rydb.
Synonyms

Hoita longiloba
Hoita rhombifolia
Hoita villosa
Psoralea douglasii
Psoralea macrostachya


Hoita longiloba
Hoita rhombifolia
Hoita villosa
Psoralea douglasii
Psoralea macrostachya

Hoita macrostachya is a species of legume known by the common name large leather-root. It is native to California and Baja California where it can be found in moist areas of a number of habitat types. This is a hairy, glandular perennial herb producing a tall, branching stem approaching two meters in maximum height. The sparse, widely spaced leaves are each made up of three leaflets up to 10 centimeters long each attached to a long petiole. The leaflet blades are glandular. The plant produces many clublike raceme inflorescences on sturdy stalks from the stem. The inflorescence contains many purplish pealike flowers. The fruit is a hairy, veiny brown legume pod under a centimeter long containing a kidney-shaped seed.



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