Lotus australis Andrews

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lotus

Characteristics

A plant which keeps growing from year to year. It grows to 60 cm high and spreads to 50 cm across. The stems are erect and smooth and hairy. The leaves are light green and divided. It has narrow soft leaflets 2 cm long. The flowers are pea shaped and pink. They are large and occur in dense heads. The fruit are pods. These are 3.5-4 cm long and 3 mm wide. They are stiff and smooth. The seeds are dark brown to black and 1.5 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It prefers light to medium soils. It needs a protected, shady position. It is frost resistant and can stand salt spray. It is damaged by drought. It needs a well drained sandy soil and full sun. Tasmania Herbarium.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food poison vertebrate poison
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings. Firm tip cuttings are used.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Lotus australis unspecified picture

Distribution

Lotus australis world distribution map, present in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503495-1
WFO ID wfo-0000187866
COL ID 3W7Y7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 832269
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Synonyms

Lotus australis Lotus obovatus Lotus australis var. angustifoliolus Lotus australis var. behrii Lotus australis var. austroglaber