Lotus subbiflorus explained

Lotus subbiflorus, the 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.[1] It occurs as a scarce plant in south-west England, southern Wales, southern Ireland and in the Channel Islands. It also occurs as an introduced species in Hawaii and Australia.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2007-08-17. Lotus subbiflorus Lag.: FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20110401075221/http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/8564. 2011-04-01. 2022-02-03. florabase.calm.wa.gov.au.
  2. http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/8564 Florabase, the Western Australia Flora