Flora of Israel: Lotus creticus
Lotus creticus, Silvery Birds’ Foot trevoil,
Hebrew: לוטוס מכסיף, Arabic: لوتس كريتي
| Scientific name: | Lotus creticus L. | |
| Common name: | Silvery Birds’ Foot trevoil | |
| Hebrew name: | לוטוס מכסיף | |
| Arabic name: | لوتس كريتي | |
| Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Chamaephyte | |
| Stems: | Up to 50 cm | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, imparipinnate (pinnately compound leaves in which there is a lone terminal leaflet rather than a terminal pair of leaflets), obovate to oblong-oblanceolate; densely sericeous | |
| Inflorescence: | Heads 2 to 6- flowered | |
| Flowers: | Yellow; keel with a purple beak | |
| Fruits / pods: | Legume | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April, May, June, July, August | |
| Habitat: | Mediterranean strand | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Perennating |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Lotus, the classical Greek name. creticus, from the island of Crete.
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