Fabaceae
Hairy canary-clover
Lotus hirsutus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lotus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 灰色金雀花, 粗毛矛豆
- English
- Hairy canary-clover
- German
- Behaarter Backenklee, Langhaariger Backenklee
- Macedonian
- Канаринска детелина
- Polish
- Szyplin szorstki
Synonyms
- Bonjeanea hirsuta (L.) Rchb.
- Bonjeanea hirsuta prol. incana (Ser.) Rouy
- Bonjeanea hirsuta var. hirta (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy
- Bonjeanea hirsuta var. incana (Ser.) W.D.J.Koch
- Bonjeanea hirsuta var. retusa Rouy
- Bonjeanea hirsuta var. viridis Sennen
- Bonjeanea hirta Jord. & Fourr.
- Bonjeanea incana (Ser.) Rouy
- Bonjeanea venusta Jord. & Fourr.
- Bonjeania hirsuta (L.) Rchb.
- Dorycnium hirsutum (L.) Ser.
- Dorycnium hirsutum var. affine (Besser) Steud.
- Dorycnium hirsutum var. ciliatum Rikli
- Dorycnium hirsutum var. hirtum (Jord. & Fourr.) Rikli
- Dorycnium hirsutum var. incanum Ser.
- Dorycnium hirsutum var. italicum (Jord. & Fourr.) Fiori
- Dorycnium hirsutum var. tomentosum Rikli
- Lotus affinis Besser ex DC.
- Lotus candidus Mill.
- Lotus hemorroidalis Lam.
- Lotus hirsutus var. affinis Besser
- Lotus hirsutus var. incanus Loisel.
- Lotus hirsutus var. intermedius Loisel.
- Lotus pilosus Medik.
- Lotus tomentosus Desr.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 375 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Hubert Laroche, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: tbellier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: pilar_43, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Marc Derval, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: beurny, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Alessio Fialdini, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Simone Benini, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: ENRIQUE ALFONSO MOLTÓ MANTERO, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Maurice Vidal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Marc Fily, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Erika Babini, 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). About our plant data.