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Bituminaria bituminosa - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Bituminaria bituminosa - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Bituminaria bituminosa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1298
Date of entry: 11.05.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Arabian Scurfy Pea, Pitch Trefoil

German: Asphaltklee

Portuguese: Erva-da-baganha

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Bituminaria (1)

            Epithet: bituminosa (L.) C.H.Stirt. (1)

bituminosa => with a bituminous, asphalt smell

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

External links

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