Latin name: Lotus oblongifolius (Benth.) E. Greene
  var. oblongifolius
  Pronunciation: LO-tus ob-lon-ji-FO-lee-us

  Common name: Streambank lotus
  Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
  Habitat: Wet places to 8500', chaparral, montane
  coniferous forest, cismontane and Panamint Mts to
  central California

  Blooming period: May to September
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Lotus
  2) oblongifolius
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