Hoffmannseggia microphylla Torrey

Life form², ³: shrub
Habitat: washes, rocky slopes, mountains
leaf presence³: leaves usually present
leaf arrangement³: alternate
leaf format³: pinnate
leaf shape³: linear
leaf surface³: hairy or glabrous
leaf margin³: entire
Flower color²: yellow
Flowering period²: year round
Armament², ³: spineless
Family¹, ², ³: Fabaceae (bean family)
Status: locally common
Location where collected or observed:
      Yuma area and southeastern California

*For information on nomenclature, authorship, or plant characteristics, see these references:

• ¹ Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Thomas Van Devender, and Steven M. Buckley. 2012. Checklist of Vascular Plants of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, and Tinaja Altas, Arizona. CANOTIA 8:1-53
• ² Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Michael F. Wilson, and Kathryn Mauz. 2007. Botanical Diversity of Southwestern Arizona and Northwestern Sonora. in: Dry Borders, Great Natural Reserves of the Sonoran Desert. eds.: Richard Stephen Felger and Bill Broyles. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City
• ³ Felger, Richard Stephen. 2000. Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwestern Mexico. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson