Fabaceae
Seaside bird's-foot trefoil
Hosackia gracilis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Hosackia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Seaside bird's-foot trefoil
Synonyms
- Anisolotus formosissimus (Greene) Thornber
- Anisolotus formosissimus (Greene) Thornber
- Lotus formosissimus Greene
Photos
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elaine with Grey Cats from California, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Allison Peters, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Seaside bird's-foot trefoil: Hosackia gracilis—Harlequin lotus, Included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list [4.2] (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common els](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/P20130507-0120%E2%80%94Hosackia_gracilis%E2%80%94Point_Reyes_%288742043070%29.jpg/500px-P20130507-0120%E2%80%94Hosackia_gracilis%E2%80%94Point_Reyes_%288742043070%29.jpg)
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter D. Tillman from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Seaside bird's-foot trefoil: Hosackia gracilis—Harlequin lotus, Included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list [4.2] (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common els](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/P20130507-0120%E2%80%94Hosackia_gracilis%E2%80%94Point_Reyes_%288742043070%29.jpg)
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.