Lotus aegaeus is a perennial plant in the family Fabaceae and genus Lotus native from the Balkan Peninsula to Northwestern Iran.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Lotus |
| Species: | L. aegaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lotus aegaeus (Griseb.) Boiss.
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Description
editLotus aegaeus is identified by its dark green hairy leaves and white flowers tinged yellow. Lotus aegaeus blooms in May, June, and July.[2]
Distribution and habitat
editLotus aegaeus has some sporadic occurrences in Mexico near the US border.[3] Lotus aegaeus grows in rocky and dry cultivated areas and gravelly dry slopes.
Other names
editLotus aegaeus also goes by the common name Aegean Birds Trefoil. The old name that Lotus aegaeus was known as was Lotus sulphureus.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Lotus aegaeus (Griseb.) Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "Lotus aegaeus | Yabani Çiçekler". yabanicicekler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "Lotus aegaeus (Griseb.) Boiss". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "Lotus sulphureus Boiss". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
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