| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Lotus lanuginosus Vent. |
| Bibliography | Jard. Malmaison: 92 (1805) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. to Arabian Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Description | densely hirsute, stems procumbent, ramose, densely leafy, leaflets minute, obovate or obcordate, peduncles 3-flowered, axillary, calyx hirsute, lobes lanceolate |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | rich violet |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) |