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Lotus dorycnium L.

Dorycnie à cinq feuilles (fr), Lotier dorycnie (fr), Dorycnie sous-ligneuse (fr), Badasse (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lotus

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous plant. It grows 0.46-0.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.46 - 0.5
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) 0.95
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 29
Germination temperacture (C°) 16 - 19
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lotus dorycnium unspecified picture

Distribution

Lotus dorycnium world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Syrian Arab Republic, and Tunisia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503605-1
WFO ID wfo-0000209346
COL ID 6QNPW
BDTFX ID 40037
INPN ID 106664
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Dorycnium suffruticosum Lotus dorycnium Lotus axilliflorus Dorycnium intermedium Dorycnium axilliflorum Lotus digitatus Lotus dispermus Aspalathus dorycnium Miediega suffruticosa Dorycnium anatolicum Dorycnium collinum Dorycnium dumulosum Dorycnium elongatum Dorycnium frutescens Dorycnium humile Dorycnium implexum Dorycnium insulare Dorycnium kotschyanum Dorycnium tomentosum Dorycnium pentaphyllum Dorycnium dispermum Dorycnium dolichocarpum Dorycnium dorycnium Dorycnium fruticosum Dorycnium libanoticum Dorycnium monspeliense Dorycnium sphaerocarpum Dorycnium stenophyllum Dorycnium subbiflorum Dorycnium vexillare Lotus gracilis Dorycnium amani Dorycnium suffruticosum f. cuneifolium Dorycnium suffruticosum f. humilie Dorycnium cinerascens Dorycnium decumbens Dorycnium monspeliense Dorycnium sabaudum Dorycnium stenocladum Dorycnium affine Melilotus dorycnium Dorycnium hispanicum Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. pentaphyllum Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. suffruticosum Dorycnium decumbens var. candicans Dorycnium pentaphyllum subvar. microcarpum Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. amani Dorycnium pentaphyllum var. candicans Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. lagunae Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. transmontanum Dorycnium suffruticosum var. latifolium Dorycnium herbaceum var. macedonicum Dorycnium herbaceum subsp. intermedium Dorycnium herbaceum subsp. sabaudum Dorycnium herbaceum var. decumbens Dorycnium jordanianum var. decumbens Dorycnium pentaphyllum var. cinerascens Dorycnium pentaphyllum var. collinum Dorycnium pentaphyllum var. dumulosum Dorycnium pentaphyllum var. elongatum Dorycnium pentaphyllum var. frutescens Dorycnium pentaphyllum var. humile Dorycnium pentaphyllum var. implexum Dorycnium pentaphyllum var. insulare Dorycnium pentaphyllum var. obovatum

Lower taxons

Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. herbaceum Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. haussknechtii Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. germanicum Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. gracile
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