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Desert rock pea (Lotus rigidus), is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the Mojave Desert in the Southwestern United States and northwest Mexico. It is found between the Colorado River and Death Valley, and south into Baja California. Other names include shrubby deervetch. It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 0.5-1.5 meter tall. The leaves are irregularly pinnate or palmate with 3-4 leaflets, 5-15 millimeter long. The flowers are yellow, turning red or purple as they age.
Perennial herb
2 - 5 ft Tall
Yellow, Purple, Red
Full Sun
Low
Desert washes and flats
Creosote Bush Scrub, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
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