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Lotus maritimus
Lotus maritimus is a species of plant in the legume family, native to Europe, Africa and temperate Asia. It is one of several species known as dragon's teeth.
The native range of dragon's-teeth is in central to southern Europe, north Africa and western Asia. It extends northwards to Britain and Scandinavia where populations are often transient and it is sometimes classified as an introduction. However, despite speculation that it may be a contaminant of seed mixes, its occurrence in calcareous grassland nature reserves, shingle beaches and chalk pits does not point strongly towards such a source, and it could just as easily be classed as a native plant that is expanding through natural means in northern areas.
Lotus aduncus · Lotus aegaeus · Lotus alianus · Alpine Bird's Foot Trefoil · Lotus anfractuosus · Slender bird's-foot trefoil · Lotus arabicus · Lotus arenarius · Lotus argyrodes · Lotus arinagensis · Lotus assakensis · Australian Trefoil
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lotus maritimus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
