Lotus creticusL. [family FABACEAE F ] (stored under name);
Related name
Lotus creticus
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Flora
Entry for LOTUS creticus Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
LOTUS creticusLinn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], DC. Prod. ii. 211.
Information
A diffuse copiously-branched perennial 1–2 ft. high, sometimes suffruticose, the branches densely grey-silky. Leaflets 5, rather fleshy, oblanceolate-cuneate, 4–6 lines long, both sides densely grey-silky. Flowers in umbels of 4–8 on axillary peduncles 9–18 lines long. Pedicels very short. Bracts compound, equalling or shorter than the calyx. Calyx 4 lines long, densely grey-silky, the linear teeth equal to the tube. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx. Pod linear, 12–18 lines long, turgid, glabrous, 9–15-seeded.
