Lotus subbiflorus, the hairy bird's-foot trefoil,[2] is a flowering plant of the pea family Fabaceae.
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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. subbiflorus
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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
editIts native distribution is in southern and western Europe and North Africa.[3] It occurs as a scarce plant in south-west England, southern Wales, southern Ireland and in the Channel Islands.[1] It also occurs as an introduced species in Hawaii[2] and Australia.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b C. A. Stace, New Flora of the British Isles, 4th edition 2019, p 164: Lotus subbiflorus. ISBN 978-15272-2630-2.
- ^ a b NRCS. "Lotus subbiflorus". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Lotus subbiflorus Lag.: FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia". florabase.calm.wa.gov.au. 2007-08-17. Archived from the original on 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ Florabase, the Western Australia Flora
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