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Lotus angustissimus L.

Lotier à gousses très étroites (fr), Lotier très étroit (fr), Lotier grêle (fr), Lotier à fruits très étroits (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lotus

Characteristics

Herbs, annual or biennial, rarely short-lived perennial, (5-)10-30(-50) cm, glabrescent or sparsely pilose, stems and peduncles and often other parts of plant with long (1-2.5 mm) spreading hairs, stems also with short (0.1-0.6 mm) semi­appressed trichomes. Stems erect, prostrate or ascending, branched, slender. Leaflets 5, acute, apical 3 elliptic to narrowly elliptic or rhombic, 7-17 × 2-6 mm, basal 2 obliquely ovate, shorter than apical ones. Umbels 1-or 2(or 3)-flowered; pedun­cle 0.5-4 cm; sterile bract with 1-3 leaflets. Flowers 5-8(-8.5) mm. Calyx 4-5 mm; teeth filiform, longer or shorter than tube. Corolla yellow or orange. Style 2.5-3(-3.5) mm. Legume light to dark brown, straight, cylindric, 5-28 × 1-1.5 mm, 12-28-seeded. Seeds yellow or brown, 1-colored or spotted, globose, 0.9-1.2 mm. Fl. Jun-Oct, fr. Jul-Nov.
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Annual; stems usually sparsely to moderately pilose, sometimes glabrous, hollow, prostrate to erect, not woody at base. Lvs usually moderately to densely pilose, rarely glabrous, sessile; leaflets obovate, elliptic or lanceolate, acute, cuneate to obtuse at base, (2)-3-10-(12) mm long, lacking conspicuous lateral veins. Peduncles < to somewhat > lvs, up to 40 mm long. Infl. 1-2-(3)-flowered. Calyx usually sparsely to moderately pilose, sometimes glabrous; calyx teeth ± equal, linear-lanceolate, usually = or > tube. Corolla yellow, 6-8-(9) mm long; keel ± right angled at about middle or above. Pod straight or slightly curved, rounded, not winged, (15)-20-30-(35) × 1-1.5-(2) mm; seeds c. 1 mm diam.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 4-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses forage pasture
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Lotus angustissimus habit picture by Prieta Javier (cc-by-sa)
Lotus angustissimus habit picture by Prieta Javier (cc-by-sa)
Lotus angustissimus habit picture by PATRICK PREVOST (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Lotus angustissimus leaf picture by Nathan Torres (cc-by-sa)
Lotus angustissimus leaf picture by Olivestelle Olivestelle (cc-by-sa)
Lotus angustissimus leaf picture by Nadège Fouillet (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lotus angustissimus flower picture by jacques krebs (cc-by-sa)
Lotus angustissimus flower picture by Nathan Torres (cc-by-sa)
Lotus angustissimus flower picture by Nathan Torres (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Lotus angustissimus fruit picture by Olivestelle Olivestelle (cc-by-sa)
Lotus angustissimus fruit picture by Elven Lanoë (cc-by-sa)
Lotus angustissimus fruit picture by Liliane Pessotto (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lotus angustissimus world distribution map, present in Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Ukraine, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503465-1
WFO ID wfo-0001060764
COL ID 3W7XP
BDTFX ID 39963
INPN ID 106634
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lotus lateralis Lotus mollissimus Mullaghera variabilis Lotus thessalus Lotus corbierei Lotus glaberrimus Lotus angustifolius Lotus corbieri Lotus praetermissus Lotus praetermissus Lotus angustissimus f. glaber Lotus oligoceratos Lotus diffusus Lotus angustissimus var. praetermissus Lotus angustissimus var. fallax Lotus angustissimus var. seringianus Lotus angustissimus var. erectus Lotus angustissimus var. maritimus Lotus angustissimus var. medius Lotus corniculatus var. ciliatus Lotus hispidus subsp. angustissimus Lotus hispidus subsp. levieri Lotus angustissimus

Lower taxons

Lotus angustissimus var. linnaeanus
WorldFloraDB 2024