Lotus subbiflorus
| Lotus subbiflorus | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Loteae |
| Genus: | Lotus |
| Species: | L. subbiflorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lotus subbiflorus Lag. | |
| Synonyms | |
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L. suaveolens Pers., L. hispidus auct. non DC, L. parviflorus auct. non Desf.[1] | |
Lotus subbiflorus, Hairy Bird's-foot Trefoil, is a flowering plant of the pea family Fabaceae.
It is a finely hairy annual plant, growing in dry, sandy ground, often near the sea, and producing sprawling stems with clusters of two to four lemon-yellow pea-type flowers, often with some borne inverted.
Distribution
Its native distribution is in southern and western Europe and North Africa.[2] It occurs as a scarce plant in south-west England, southern Wales, southern Ireland and in the Channel Islands.[1] It also occurs as an introduced species in Hawaii[3] and Australia.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 C A Stace, Interactive Flora of the British Isles, a Digital Encyclopaedia: Lotus subbiflorus. ISBN 90-75000-69-3. (Online version)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Florabase, the Western Australia Flora
- ↑ USDA