Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lotus gebelia Vent. trib. Loteae |
Synonyms | Lotus aleppicus Boiss. |
Lotus anthylloides Boiss. & Noë | |
Lotus subsessilis Bornm. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | pale glaucous, leaves shortly petiolate, leaflets oblong-spathulate, at base attenuate, acute, heads 4-5-flowered, axillary or terminal, calyx white hirsute |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 18-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Northern Africa (Libya ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Iraq , Lebanon-Syria , Palestine , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
gebelia libanoticus (Boiss.) Ponert, Feddes Repert. 83(9-10): 640 (1972)
gebelia trdatii T.N.Popova & Takht., Fl. Erevana ed. 2 [Takhtajan & Fedorov] 158 (1972)
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