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slender bird's-foot-trefoil
Lotus angustissimus
Lotus angustissimus, the slender bird's foot trefoil, is a plant in the genus Lotus. It has a wide distribution, from Macaronesia to Xinjiang in China.
From the article Lotus angustissimus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
This plant is an annual identified by hairy red stems, singular yellow flowers looking like those of common vetch, and leaves are oval with spear tips. This plant creates mats on the ground and blooms July to August. This plant has unique reddish seeds.
Range & habitat
Lotus angustissimus has a wide distribution from Macaronesia, North Africa, Europe and West Asia to the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Western Siberia and Xinjiang. It has been introduced elsewhere, including California, where it is considered a weed.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 77837.