Lotus creticus L., 1753 29% complete

Cretan bird's-foot trefoil

Sp. Pl.: 775 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced4 Source not recorded15 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 775 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Cretan bird's-foot trefoil No source recorded
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Observations Canary Is., Medit. No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 9 cm Sourced
Fruit shape legume Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity No source recorded
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Light 9 / 9 · full sun No source recorded
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Nitrogen fixation High Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 6.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) No source recorded
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Soil salinity 2 / 9 · very slightly saline (peroligohaline) No source recorded
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Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type —
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Not on the record