A dwarf annual herb ; up to 15 cm , with a single tap root . Stems several arising from the base , prostrate , grey-green , sparingly pilose . Leaves 5-foliolate , 2 at the base like stipules ; leaflets sessile , 4-7 x 1-3 mm , oblanceolate , obtuse , cuneate at base , sparsely pilose . Inflorescences in (1-)2-4-flowered axillary umbellate , sessile . Flowers red ; calyx ± 5 mm , tube membranous , lobes acute , pilose on the margins ; corolla ± 4 mm ; upper filament free , the other 9 united . Fruit pod , ± 10 mm , linear , glabrous , brown , slightly torulose , 8–10-seeded . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Lotus ehrenbergii Schweinf. ex Vierh.
Lotus schimperi Steud. ex Boiss.
Lotus trigonelloides Webb
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Not known
Not used traditionally.
*POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5.
