▁ 2 ▁meters ▁in ▁height . ▁It ▁is ▁hair less ▁to ▁hair y ▁and ▁gray - green ▁in ▁color . ▁The ▁branches ▁l ined ▁with ▁leaves ▁each ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁a ▁few ▁o val ▁leaf like ▁leaf lets ▁up ▁to ▁ 1 . 5 ▁cent im eters ▁long ▁each . ▁The ▁infl ores c ence ▁be ars ▁up ▁to ▁ 1 0 ▁yellow ▁pe ali ke ▁flowers , ▁each ▁roughly ▁a ▁cent imeter ▁long ▁and ▁f ading ▁red ▁as ▁they ▁age . ▁ ▁When ▁known ▁as ▁Lot us ▁d end ro ide us ▁or ▁Lot us ▁scop arius , ▁the ▁species ▁was ▁divided ▁into ▁vari eties , ▁although ▁these ▁are ▁not ▁recognized ▁by ▁some ▁sources . ▁The ▁r ar est , ▁var . ▁tr ask iae , ▁the ▁San ▁Clement e ▁Island ▁bro om ▁or ▁San ▁Clement e ▁Island ▁lot us , ▁is ▁limited ▁to ▁San ▁Clement e ▁Island . ▁It ▁is ▁treated ▁feder ally ▁as ▁an ▁end anger ed ▁species . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁the ▁Navy ▁removed ▁go ats ▁from ▁San ▁Clement e ▁Island ▁and ▁started ▁a ▁management ▁program ▁to ▁benefit ▁this ▁species . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁management ▁efforts ▁for ▁this ▁species , ▁it ▁has ▁increased ▁from ▁just ▁ 9 ▁occurr ences ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁listing ▁to ▁over ▁ 1 5 0 ▁populations ▁consisting ▁of ▁over ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁individuals . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁the ▁US ▁Fish ▁& ▁Wild life ▁Service ▁recommended ▁it ▁be ▁down list ed ▁from ▁end