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Lotus subbiflorus, 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
L. suaveolens Pers., L. hispidus auct. non DC, L. parviflorus auct. non Desf.[1]

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[4] and Australia.[5]

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