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Lotus subbiflorus

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Lotus subbiflorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Lotus
Species:
L. subbiflorus
Binomial name
Lotus subbiflorus
Synonyms[1]
  • L. suaveolens Pers.
  • L. hispidus auct. non DC
  • L. parviflorus auct. non Desf.

Lotus subbiflorus, the hairy bird's-foot trefoil,[2] 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b C. A. Stace, New Flora of the British Isles, 4th edition 2019, p 164: Lotus subbiflorus. ISBN 978-15272-2630-2.
  2. ^ a b USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Lotus subbiflorus​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  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. ^ Florabase, the Western Australia Flora