Lotus torulosus(Chiov.) Fiori [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Lotus arabicusL. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
Lotus arabicus
Lotus torulosus
Flora
Entry for LOTUS torulosus (Chiov.) Fiori [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Procumbent annual to 40 cm long, pilose. Leaf-rhachis 2–15 mm long; leaflets ± cuneate-obovate, up to 20 x 12 mm, the basal pair much wider at the base than the others. Umbels 2–5-flowered; peduncle up to 4 cm long. Calyx-tube c. 3 mm long; lobes 3–4.5 mm long. Corolla pink, 7–8 mm long. Style 4–5 mm long. Pod up to 30–50 x 2 mm, ± torulose, glabrous.
Range
N2
Altitude range
650–1450 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin, Dahir & Hassan 8934, 9222.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
N Sudan
Notes
First record for Somalia (Karin Xaggarood at 10°58’N, 48°52’E, and S of Xidid at 11°01’N, 48°37’E). The Somali plants have pods that are scarcely torulose at all, but still they appear to be conspecific with L. torulosus.
