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Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lotus subbiflorus Lag. (1807)
Synonymy:
Holotype: En Pravia. Julio. Lagasca, M66170.
- = Lotus suaveolens Pers., Syn. Pl. (Persoon) 2, 354 (1807)
- = Lotus hispidus Desf. ex DC. (1904) nom. illeg.
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. as Lotus suaveolens Pers.]
Biostatus
Exotic
Phenology
Flowering: Oct.–Jun.
Bibliography
Kramina, T.E. 2006: A contribution to the taxonomic revision of the Lotus angustissimus-complex (Leguminosae, Loteae). Wulfenia 13(57): 92.
Persoon, C. H. 1806–1807: Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Vol. 2. Cramerum et Tubingæ, Paris.
