Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lotus cytisoides L. trib. Loteae |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 776 (1753) |
Native Range | Medit. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-300m |
Description | cinereous grey-green, sparsely pubescent, stems thin, leaves shortly petiolate, leaflets obovate-cuneate, pedicels 1-5-flowered, calyx lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 | Lotus allionii Desv. Lotus argolicus Link Lotus coronillifolius Guss. Lotus creticus var. allionii (Desv.) Pérez Lara Lotus creticus var. bonifaciensis Briq. Lotus creticus var. cytisoides (L.) Boiss. Lotus creticus ssp. cytisoides (L.) Arcang. Lotus creticus var. patens (C.Presl) Murb. Lotus creticus var. prostratus Briq. Lotus cuatrecasasii Sennen Lotus cytisoides var. allionii (Desv.) Willk. Lotus cytisoides ssp. allionii (Desv.) P.Fourn. Lotus cytisoides f. aurantius Faure & Maire Lotus cytisoides var. cinerascens Emb. & Maire Lotus cytisoides ssp. conradiae Gamisans Lotus cytisoides var. micranthus Maire Lotus cytisoides ssp. prostratus (Briq.) Maire Lotus cytisoides var. transiens Maire & Sam. Lotus cytisoides var. viridulus Maire Lotus difusus Spreng. Lotus digii Chrtková Lotus glaucescens C.Presl Lotus patens C.Presl Lotus glaucus Rchb. Lotus patens C.Presl Lotus prostratus Desf. Lotus prostratus ssp. cytisoides (L.) Batt. Lotus secundiflorus Viv. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |