Lotus aegaeus
| Lotus aegaeus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Lotus |
| Species: | L. aegaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lotus aegaeus (Griseb.) Boiss.
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Lotus aegaeus is a perennial plant in the family Fabaceae and genus Lotus native from the Balkan Peninsula to Northwestern Iran.[1]
Description
[edit]Lotus aegaeus is identified by its dark green hairy leaves and white flowers tinged yellow. Lotus aegaeus blooms in May, June, and July.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Lotus aegaeus has some sporadic occurrences in Mexico near the US border.[3] Lotus aegaeus grows in rocky and dry cultivated areas and gravelly dry slopes.
Other names
[edit]Lotus aegaeus also goes by the common name Aegean Birds Trefoil. The old name that Lotus aegaeus was known as was Lotus sulphureus.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lotus aegaeus (Griseb.) Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "Lotus aegaeus | Yabani Çiçekler". yabanicicekler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "Lotus aegaeus (Griseb.) Boiss". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "Lotus sulphureus Boiss". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
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