Common name
English: Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil
German: Sumpf-Hornklee
Portuguese: Erva-coalheira
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Lotus (4)
Epithet: pedunculatus Cav. (1)
Synonyms: Lotus granadensis Zert., Lotus uliginosus Schk.
granadensis => from New Granada (old name of Colombia)
pedunculatus => stalked, with peduncle
uliginosus => growing in swamps or marshes
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red, yellow
External links
Literature
- [31] Canzobre, H.L., Samartín, L.A. (1998): Guía da flora do litoral galego. Edicións Xerais de Galicia, Vigo, Spain.
- [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.