Annual or perennial herb ; up to 30 cm high , somewhat woody at base , grey-green . Stems ± prostrate , several arising from the base , ± glabrous . Leaves 5-foliolate , 2 at the base like stipules ; leaflets 7-15 x 1-4 mm , lateral leaflets marginally smaller , oblanceolate , acute at the apex , cuneate at the base , glabrous on upper surfaces , sparsely grey-pilose on the midrib below . Inflorescences axillary , sessile . Flowers pink ; calyx 4-5 mm , lobes slightly longer than the tube , sparsely pilose on the margins ; corolla deep pink to purple , exserted from the calyx ; standard petal ± 7 mm ; upper filament free , the other 9 united . Fruit pod , 25-28 , narrow , beaked with remnants of style persisting , glabrous , many-seeded . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Not Threatened (NT) - Globoal Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Lotus schimperi f. laricus (Rech.f., Aellen & Esfand.) Parsa
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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. *Patzelt, A. & al. (2020). Studies in the flora of Arabia: XXXIV. Sixty new records from the Sultanate of Oman Edinburgh Journal of Botany 77: 413-437.
