Common name
English: Erect Canary Clover
German: Aufrechter Backenklee
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2612)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2512)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2124)
Order: Fabales (239)
Family: Fabaceae (239)(family description)
Genus: Dorycnium (2)
Epithet: rectum (L.)Ser. (1)
Synonyms: Bonjeanea recta (L.)Reichb., Dorycnium erectum (L.)Ser., Lotus rectus L.
erectum => upright, perpendicular
recta => straight, upright, erect
rectum => straight, upright, erect
rectus => erect
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, red, beige, white