Lotus angustissimus

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Genus Lotus

Annual or perennial , herbs or semishrubs. Leaf pinnately compound ; leaflets 5, 3 at the apex and 2 at the base resembling stipules, or the basal leaflets absent, entire. Stipules absent or represented by glands or minute, deciduous. Inflorescence an axillary pedunculate or almost sessile umbel, subtended by 1-3 leafy bracts or flower solitary axillary. Calyx tubular , bilabiate. Corolla yellow, pinkish, red, purple or white, free from stamens, keel pointed or beaked . Stamens diadelphous , 9+1, alternate filaments dilated at the apex. Fruit dehiscent , generally many seeded.

A genus with 60-100 species, most numerous around the Mediterranean[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 240 meters (788 feet).[2]

Biome: Coastal.

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Lotus angustissimus var. praetermissus (Kuprian.)wissjul. • Lotus diffusus Sm. • Lotus mollissimus Ledeb. • Lotus praetermissus Kuprian. • Lotus thessalus Hayek

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Annual , Lifespan: Perennial

Last scrutiny: Mar-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lotus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 48 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

L. angustissimus (Slender Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. argophyllus argophyllus var. argophyllus (Silver Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. argophyllus var. adsurgens (Santa Cruz Island Silverhosackia) · L. argyraeus var. argyraeus (Canyon Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. argyraeus var. multicaulis (Canyon Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. australis (Australian Trefoil) · L. berthelotii (Coral Gem) · L. callunetorum (Lyadvenetz Vereshchatnikovyi) · L. corniculatus (Babys Slippers) · L. corniculatus corniculatus (Birdsfoot Trefoil) · L. corniculatus fruticosus (Bird´s-Foot Trefoil) · L. corniculatus tenuifolius (Birdsfoot Trefoil) · L. corniculatus 'Plenus' (Double Birds Foot Trefoil) · L. crassifolius var. crassifolius (Big Deervetch) · L. cruentus (Red Bird´s-Foot Trefoil) · L. dendroideus var. dendroideus (Island Broom) · L. glaber (Narrow-Leaf Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. grandiflorus var. grandiflorus (Chaparral Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. heermannii var. heermannii (Heermann's Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. hirsutus 'Brimstone' (Hairy Canary Clover) · L. hispidus (Hairy Birdsfoot Trefoil) · L. jacobaeus (Lotus Jacobaeus) · L. junceus var. junceus (Rush Broom) · L. krylovii (Krylov's Birdsfoot Trefoil) · L. maculatus (Lotus Vine) · L. maculatus 'Amazon Sunset' (Amazon Sunset Lotus Vine) · L. maritimus (Square-Podded Bird´s Foot Trefoil (Usa)) · L. mearnsii var. equisolensis (Mearns' Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. mearnsii var. mearnsii (Mearns' Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. nevadensis var. nevadensis (Nevada Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · Hosackia oblongifolia (Streambank Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. oblongifolius var. oblongifolius (Narrow-Leaved Lotus) · L. palustris (Large Birds-Foot Trefoil) · L. parviflorus (Small-Flower Trefoil) · L. pedunculatus (Big Trefoil) · L. plebeius (Long-Bract Bird's-Foot-Trefoil) · L. procumbens var. procumbens (Silky Deerweed) · L. purshianus var. Purshianus (Spanish Clover) · L. salsuginosus var. salsuginosus (Coastal Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. scoparius brevialatus var. brevialatus (California Broom) · L. scoparius scoparius var. scoparius (Common Deerweed) · L. stipularis var. stipularis (Balsam Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. strigosus var. strigosus (Strigose Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. subbiflorus (Hairy Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. tenuis (Narrowleaf Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. tetragonolobus (Asparagus Pea) · L. unifoliolatus var. helleri (Heller's Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. 'Gold Flash' (Lotus Vine)

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• A survey and record of Woolwich and West Kent containing descriptions and records, brought up-to-date, of geology, botany, zoology, archaeology and industries of the district, with a brief photographic commentary, in commemoration of the 12th Ann General editors, C.H. Grinling, T.A. Ingram [and] B.C. Polkinghorne. Woolwich: Labour Representation Print. Co., 1909. url p. 83.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• Bundesamt für Naturschutz / Zentralstelle für Phytodiversität Deutschland, Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz / Zentralstelle fuer Phytodiversitaet Deutschland
• Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien, Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien
• GBIF-Spain, Aranzadi Zientzi Elkartea
• GBIF-Spain, Dirección General de Investigación, Desarrollo Tecnológico e Innovación de la Junta de Extremadura(DGIDTI): HSS
• GBIF-Spain, Herbario Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Cormófitos
• GBIF-Spain, Jardi Botanic de Valencia: VAL
• GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
• , Vascular Plant Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Universidad del País Vasco/EHU, Bilbao: Herbario BIO
• GBIF-Spain, Universitat de Girona: HGI-Cormophyta
• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), EURISCO
• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
• Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Vascular Plant Herbarium, Oslo
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Lund Botanical Museum
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2650804
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-4918
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:155322-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 22681
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26365
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB2A030
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LOAN2
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 48065

Footnotes

1. "Lotus". in Flora of Pakistan Page 311. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Standard Deviation = 429.200 based on 84,488 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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