Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lotus chazaliei H.Boissieu trib. Loteae |
Bibliography | J. Bot. (Morot) 10: 220 (1896) |
Native Range | Morocco to Mauritania |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | sands |
Altitude | 0-20m |
Description | densely lanate, leaves 2-6cm, sessile, upper leaflets ovate to lanceolate, acute, the basal broadly ovate, inflorescence 1-3-flowered, long pedunculate, corolla ca. 1cm |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | early spring |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 18-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Lotus chazaliei var. longipes Maire |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) 22 West Tropical Africa (MTN Mauritania) |