4, see text Peteria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.

It is found in the American states of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah.

[1] The genus name of Peteria is in honour of Robert Peter (1805–1894), an English-born American botanist, chemist, doctor, zoologist and geologist; founder of the University of Louisville School of Medicine.

[2] The genus was circumscribed by Asa Gray in Smithsonian Contr.

[1] Plants of the World Online include;[1]