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Lotus subbiflorus habit4

Introduced, warm-season, annual to short-lived perennial, low-growing, prostrate to ascending, hairy legume. Leaves have 5 leaflets, each narrow-ovate to lanceolate, hairy and 5-20 mm long. Flowerheads have 2-4 yellow pea-like flowers (about 7 mm long) in the leaf axils. Pods are narrow, cylindrical and 6-15 mm long. Flowering is in spring and summer. A native of the Mediterranean region, it is widespread in grasslands. Provides a low yield of high quality feed, with a low bloat risk. Adapted to low fertility soils and shows low to moderate response to applied phosphorus. It is slow to establish and has slow initial growth, but is tolerant of heavy continuous grazing.

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Uploaded on October 19, 2013
Taken on December 17, 2010