Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lotus floridus (Lowe) Masf. |
Bibliography | Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 160 (1881) |
Native Range | Madeira |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | sericeous-hirsute, procumbent, leaves shortly petiolate, ternate, leaflets lanceolate or lanceolate-ovate, bracts 3, shorter than calyx, flowers of 1-4 in pedunculate heads |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Lotus glaucus var. floridus (Lowe) Brand Pedrosia florida Lowe |
Territory | 2 Africa 21 Macaronesia (MDR Madeira) |