Lotus_subbiflorus

<i>Lotus subbiflorus</i>

Lotus subbiflorus

Species of legume

Lotus subbiflorus, the hairy bird's-foot trefoil,[2] is a flowering plant of the pea family Fabaceae.

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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.[3] 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[2] and Australia.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    C. A. Stace, New Flora of the British Isles, 4th edition 2019, p 164: Lotus subbiflorus. ISBN 978-15272-2630-2.
  2. [2]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Lotus subbiflorus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Lotus subbiflorus Lag.: FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia". florabase.calm.wa.gov.au. 2007-08-17. Archived from the original on 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  4. [4]
    Florabase, the Western Australia Flora


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