| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Lotus polyphyllos E.D.Clarke |
| Bibliography | Travels Eur. Asia & Africa 2(2): 41 (1814) |
| Native Range | Egypt to Tunisia |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sands |
| Description | silvery sericeous, procumbent, densely leafy, leaves sessile, leaflets short, acute, peduncles 3-6-flowered, flowers sessile, calyx lobes lanceolate, pod oblong |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | 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 | Dorycnium argenteum Delile Lotus argenteus (Delile) Webb & Berthel. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, TUN Tunisia) |