Lotus tenuis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.

Lotier ténu (fr), Lotier à feuilles ténues (fr), Lotier glabre (fr), Lotier à feuilles étroites (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lotus

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 20-100 cm, with a taproot, glabrescent or sparsely puberulent with short appressed hairs. Stem slender, erect or ascending. Leaflets 5, obovate-oblanceolate or oblan­ceolate to linear, 4-18 × 1-4 mm, basal 2 shorter; terminal leaf­let of a leaf 1.5-3 × as long as leaf rachis. Umbels (1 or)2-5-flowered; peduncle 3-12 cm, slender; bracts 1-3, 1.5-2 × as long as calyx. Flowers 8-10.5(-11) mm. Calyx 4-6 mm; teeth shorter than tube, narrow part of 2 upper calyx teeth less than half their length. Corolla yellow. Ovary linear; ovules numer­ous; style 4-5.5 mm. Legume straight, cylindric, 9-25 × 1.2-2.5 mm. Seeds light brown, globose, 1.4-1.6 mm, smooth. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Jul-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.65
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) 0.4
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-7
Soil humidity 2-4
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 1-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses fodder forage medicinal
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°) 15 - 23
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Lotus tenuis flower picture by F. Manzano (cc-by-sa)
Lotus tenuis flower picture by F. Manzano (cc-by-sa)
Lotus tenuis flower picture by Oliver Ishmael (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lotus tenuis world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Switzerland, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), Malta, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503917-1
WFO ID wfo-0001053826
COL ID 3W84R
BDTFX ID 40045
INPN ID 106719
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lotus tenuifolius Lotus noeanus Lotus glaber Lotus campestris Lotus macbridei Lotus filicaulis Lotus acutus Lotus corniculatus subsp. tenuis Lotus corniculatus subsp. tenuifolius Lotus corniculatus subsp. tenuifolis Lotus corniculatus subsp. tenuis Lotus corniculatus subsp. tenuis Lotus corniculatus var. filicaulis Lotus corniculatus var. longicaulis Lotus corniculatus var. tenuis Lotus corniculatus var. tenuis Lotus tenuifolius var. ramosissimus Lotus tenuis