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Leather-root

Hoita

Family: Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)

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Hoita is a small genus of legumes containing three species. They bear attractive purple or fuchsia flowers in large inflorescences similar to those of kudzu. They are known commonly as scurfpeas or leather-roots and are closely related to the psoraleas. They are found almost exclusively in California.

Other Hoita plants

Large leather-root · Roundleaf leather-root · Loma prieta

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hoita by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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