Lotus glaber
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Lotus glaber is a flowering plant of the pea family Fabaceae
, native to western and southern Europe
and southwest Asia
. Some botanists treat it as a subspecies
of Lotus corniculatus
, as L. corniculatus subsp. tenuifolius.
Its tolerance of salt
and poor soil make this plant useful for marginal conditions. It has become naturalised in many other locations, including the Pampas of Argentina
, and parts of the United States
.
It is also called Slender Trefoil, Creeping Trefoil, or Prostrate Trefoil.
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
, native to western and southern Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and southwest Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. Some botanists treat it as a subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
of Lotus corniculatus
Lotus corniculatus
Lotus corniculatus is a common flowering plant native to grassland temperate Eurasia and North Africa. The common name is Bird's-foot Trefoil , though the common name is often also applied to other members of the genus...
, as L. corniculatus subsp. tenuifolius.
Its tolerance of salt
Sodium chloride
Sodium chloride, also known as salt, common salt, table salt or halite, is an inorganic compound with the formula NaCl. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms...
and poor soil make this plant useful for marginal conditions. It has become naturalised in many other locations, including the Pampas of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, and parts of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
It is also called Slender Trefoil, Creeping Trefoil, or Prostrate Trefoil.