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Lotus tetragonolobus L.
Family Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Common name: Winged Pea

Lotus tetragonolobus L. APNI*

Description: Annual herb to 50 cm high, ± pilose.

Leaves with 5 leaflets, obovate, mostly 5–35 mm long, 4–20 mm wide, the lower 2 much smaller than upper ones, apex ± acute, sparsely hairy.

Umbels 1- or 2-flowered; peduncle 2–4 cm long. Calyx c. 15 mm long, ± densely hairy; teeth equal to or longer than tube. Corolla c. 20 mm long, dark red to purple; keel darker than standard.

Pod terete, 30–70 mm long, 5–7 mm diam., straight, with 4 broad, undulate, papery wings, each c. 2 mm wide; seeds many, brown, smooth.


Flowering: winter–spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Cultivated, naturalized near Macksville. Native of S Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *NWS
AVH map***

Text by E. H. Norris & G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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