Fabaceae
Dragon's teeth
Lotus maritimus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lotus
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- لوطس بحري
- arz
- لوطس بحرى
- Czech
- Ledenec přímořský
- Danish
- Asparges-Ært
- Dutch
- Hauwklaver, Gele lotus
- English
- Dragon's teeth
- Esperanto
- Mara lotuso
- Estonian
- Niidu-asparhernes
- Finnish
- Meriparsaherne, Meriparsamaite
- French
- Lotier-pois, Lotier à gousse carrée
- German
- Spargelerbse, Gelbe Spargelerbse, Spargelklee
- hsb
- Žołty štyrjownik
- Polish
- Komonicznik skrzydlatostrąkowy
- Slovak
- Paľadenec prímorský
- Slovenian
- Rumenocvetna smiljkita
- Swedish
- Klöverärt
- Welsh
- Coden onglog
Synonyms
- Lotus bivonaeus Bertol.
- Lotus bouteloui Nyman
- Lotus maritima L.
- Lotus pratensis Mill.
- Lotus siliquosus f. maritimus (L.) Juel
- Lotus siliquosus subsp. bivonaeus (Bertol.) Arcang.
- Lotus siliquosus subsp. bivoneus (Guss.) Arcang.
- Lotus siliquosus subsp. maritimus (L.) Arcang.
- Lotus siliquosus var. glaber Klett & Richt.
- Lotus siliquosus var. maritimus (L.) DC.
- Lotus siliquosus var. maritimus (L.) Hartm.
- Scandalida flava Medik.
- Scandalida maritima (L.) Scop.
- Tetragonolobus bivonaeus (Guss.) Ces., Pass. & Gibelli
- Tetragonolobus bouteloui Willk.
- Tetragonolobus glaucus Dulac
- Tetragonolobus maritimus (L.) Roth
- Tetragonolobus maritimus f. salinus (Schur) Soó
- Tetragonolobus maritimus var. hirsutus (Willk.) Muñoz Garm. & Pedrol
- Tetragonolobus prostratus Moench
- Tetragonolobus scandalida Scop.
- Tetragonolobus siliquosus var. aureus Maire
- Tetragonolobus siliquosus var. bicolor Maire
- Tetragonolobus siliquosus var. hirsutus Willk.
- Tetragonolobus siliquosus var. maritimus P.Fourn.
- Tetragonolobus siliquosus var. salinus Schur
- Tetragonolobus tauricus Bunge ex Nyman
Photos
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Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.