Fabaceae
Creta trefoil
Lotus creticus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lotus
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Common names
By language (5)
- arz
- لوتس كريتيكوس
- Catalan
- Lot de creta, Trèvol femella
- English
- Creta trefoil
- German
- Kreta-Hornklee
- Hebrew
- לוטוס מכסיף
Synonyms
- Lotus argenteus Salisb.
- Lotus carthaginiensis Andr.
- Lotus commutatus Guss.
- Lotus creticus f. grandiflorus Heyn & Herrnst.
- Lotus creticus subsp. commutatus (Guss.) Ball
- Lotus creticus subsp. commutatus Arcang.
- Lotus creticus subsp. commutatus (Guss.) Batt.
- Lotus creticus subsp. salzmannii (Boiss. & Reut.) H.Lindb.
- Lotus creticus var. micranthus Maire
- Lotus cytisoides subsp. conradiae Gamisans
- Lotus obtusatus Ser.
- Lotus pseudo-creticus Maire, Weiller & Wilczek
- Lotus salzmannii Boiss. & Reut.
- Lotus sericeus Moench
- Lotus varians Desv.
- Trifolium creticum (L.) Hoffm.
Photos
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carsten Niehaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Yannick Pochon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Retama, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: hely_1, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Retama, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Eckhard Drews, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Nicole Heck, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: christinelesca, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Nanosanchez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Nicole Heck, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.