Chaparral Pea

Pickeringia montana

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Pickeringia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Its only species is Pickeringia montana, which is known by the common name chaparral pea. It is endemic to California in the United States, where its distribution extends along the Coast Ranges to the Peninsular Ranges, as well as along the Sierra Nevada foothills. It is also known from Santa Cruz Island.

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  1. (c) Rancho del Oso - Big Basin Redwoods State Park, all rights reserved, uploaded by Rancho del Oso - Big Basin Redwoods State Park
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickeringia_montana

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