Rank Species | Genus Lotus Higher classification Trefoil | |
Similar Trefoil, Legumes, Lotus angustissimus, Lotus tenuis, Lotus pedunculatus | ||
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. 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.
References
Lotus subbiflorus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA