Pronunciation: ho-IT-ay mak-ro-STAK-ee-a
Common name: Leather root
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Moist places to 7500', streamsides, marshes,
springs, many plant communities of cismontane So.
California
Blooming period: May to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Hoita
2) macrostachya