Classification
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lotus suaveolens Pers., Syn. Pl. (Persoon) 2, 354 (1807)
Vernacular Name(s):
hairy birdsfoot trefoil
 Description

Annual to perennial, not stoloniferous; stems sparsely to moderately pilose, usually hollow, prostrate, not woody at base.  Lvs moderately to densely pilose, sessile; leaflets obovate to oblong (basal pair usually ovate), acute, obtuse to cuneate at base, (3)–5–15–(20) mm long, without evident lateral veins.  Peduncles > lvs, up to 50 mm long.  Infl. 1–4-flowered.  Calyx moderately to densely pilose; calyx teeth ± equal, linear-lanceolate, > tube.  Corolla yellow or yellow with red markings, 6–8 mm long; keel obtusely angled nearer base than middle and attenuate.  Pod straight or slightly curved, rounded, not winged, 6–13–(15) × 1.5–2 mm; seeds c. 0.75–1 mm diam.  

[From:  Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: Oct.–Jun.

 Bibliography
Persoon, C. H. 1806–1807: Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Vol. 2. Cramerum et Tubingæ, Paris.