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Lotus preslii   (Presli's bird's-foot trefoil)


Lotus preslii  (FABACEAE.) 
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Profile Date Nov-07 (taxon update: 14-Aug-2017)
Citation for this page Mifsud, S. (2021) Lotus preslii profile created on Nov-07. Retrieved from MaltaWildPlants.com on 24-May-2022

Nomenclature and Basic Information

Species name :

Lotus presliiTenore
Published in Ten., Fl. Nap. 5: 160 (1836)

Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)

Lotus corniculatus subsp. preslii
Full list of synonyms : [Euro+Med] [PlantList] [IPNI] [POWO] [Catalogue of Life] [Worldplants.de]

Plant Family :

Fabaceae Lindl. (=Leguminosae) (The Pea Family)
106 species from the Fabaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands.

English name(s) :

Presli's bird's-foot trefoil

Maltese name(s) :

Għantux

Status for Malta :

Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man

Frequency :

Very Common     Common    Frequent     Scarce     Rare    Very rare     Extinct

Growth form :

Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE ( prostate plants with flowers close to the ground )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon

Legal Protection :

Not legally protected till the last update of this website (25/Sep/2021)

Red List (1989) :

Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.)

Flowering Time :

March – June

Colour of Flowers:

Yellow

Name Derivation :

Lotus:
preslii:


Description, Habitat and Distribution
Habitat in Europe: Wet places.
Preferred habitat in Malta: Data will be available in the next update of this website.
Botanical Description: Stems 15-80 cm, procumbent, subglabrous or pubescent. Leaflets 6-15 x 3-8 mm, obovate. Heads 1- to 6-flowered; pedicels c. 1.5 mm. Calyx-teeth linear, with triangular base, at least 1½ times as long as tube, the upper pair separated by an acute sinus in bud; corolla 10-15 mm. Legume 20-30 x c. 2 mm.
Distributional range: Mediterranean region local.

Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): 		Albania, the Balaeric Islands, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Doubtful in Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Sicily and/or Malta
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
  Country codes   		? Ag Al Bl Ga(F) Gr Hs(S) Ju Ma Si(S) Tn

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