[Bird'sfoot Trefoils and Lotuses: The Genera Acmispon, Hosackia and Lotus East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Bog Deervetch, Meadow Bird's-foot Trefoil, Meadow Deervetch

Hosackia pinnata

Synonyms: Lotus bicolor, Lotus pinnatus

Bog Deervetch, Meadow Bird's-foot Trefoil, Meadow Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata (Synonyms: Lotus bicolor, Lotus pinnatus)

Meadow bird's-foot trefoil growing in a small stream in the Klickitat State Wildlife Area of south-central Washington.......June 12, 2009.

Bog Deervetch, Meadow Bird's-foot Trefoil, Meadow Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata (Synonyms: Lotus bicolor, Lotus pinnatus) - Bog Deervetch, Meadow Bird's-foot Trefoil, Meadow Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata (Synonyms: Lotus bicolor, Lotus pinnatus) - Bog Deervetch, Meadow Bird's-foot Trefoil, Meadow Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata (Synonyms: Lotus bicolor, Lotus pinnatus)

The photo at left shows meadow bird's-foot trefoil in a vegetative state (pre-bloom) in a small vernal creek at Brooks Memorial State Park off US 97 near Satus Pass......May 13, 2019. The photos at center and right show meadow bird's-foot trefoil in bloom at the same location on June 1, 2019.

Bog Deervetch, Meadow Bird's-foot Trefoil, Meadow Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata (Synonyms: Lotus bicolor, Lotus pinnatus) - Bog Deervetch, Meadow Bird's-foot Trefoil, Meadow Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata (Synonyms: Lotus bicolor, Lotus pinnatus)

Meadow bird's-foot trefoil in bloom in a small vernal creek at Brooks Memorial State Park off US 97 near Satus Pass......June 4, 2021.

Leaves of Bog Deervetch, Meadow Bird's-foot Trefoil, Meadow Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata (Synonyms: Lotus bicolor, Lotus pinnatus) - Bog Deervetch, Meadow Bird's-foot Trefoil, Meadow Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata (Synonyms: Lotus bicolor, Lotus pinnatus)

The photo at left shows a close-up image of the prostrate, leafy stems of meadow bird's-foot trefoil in a vegetative state (pre-bloom) in a small vernal creek at Brooks Memorial State Park off US 97 near Satus Pass......May 11, 2020. The photo at right shows meadow bird's-foot trefoil in a vernally moist drainage north of Box Canyon Road and between the Rock and Box Canyon Creek drainages in the Simcoe Mountains Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area......July 1, 2020.

Paul Slichter