Common name
English: Grey Bird's-foot Trefoil
German: Geißkleeartiger Hornklee
Portuguese: Cornichão-das-areias, Trevo-de-Creta
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Lotus (4)
Epithet: cytisoides L. (1)
Synonyms: Lotus allionii Desv., Lotus creticus L.
allionii => in honor of Carlo Allioni (1728-1804), Italian physician and professor of botany
creticus => from the island of Crete in the Mediterranean
cytisoides => resembling Milk- or Tree-trefoil, Cytisus
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: xerophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow