Lotus subbiflorus

Lotus subbiflorus, the hairy bird's-foot trefoil,^[2] is a flowering plant of the pea family Fabaceae.

Lotus subbiflorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Lotus
Species:	L. subbiflorus
Binomial name
Lotus subbiflorus Lag.
Synonyms[1]
L. suaveolens Pers. L. hispidus auct. non DC L. parviflorus auct. non Desf.

It is a finely hairy annual plant, growing in dry, sandy ground, often near the sea, and producing sprawling stems with clusters of two to four lemon-yellow pea-type flowers, often with some borne inverted.

Distribution

Its native distribution is in southern and western Europe and North Africa.^[3] It occurs as a scarce plant in south-west England, southern Wales, southern Ireland and in the Channel Islands.^[1] It also occurs as an introduced species in Hawaii^[2] and Australia.^[4]