Lotus scoparius - Deerweed

Deerweed (Lotus scoparius, syn. Acmispon glaber) is a short-lived, very drought-tolerant perennial in the pea family, a pioneer species of California chaparral and coastal sage scrub that fixes nitrogen and fades out as the plant community matures. It grows 0.5-1 m tall and 0.6-1 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹

Type

• Shrub
• Perennial

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Drought-tolerance¹
• Nitrogen fixer¹
• Attracting beneficial insects¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.5-1
Diameter (m)	0.6-1

Footnotes

1. Lotus scoparius, Deerweed | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩