About Lotus creticus L.
Lotus creticus L. is a perennial herb. Morphologically, it reaches 1–2 feet in height, with diffuse, copiously branched growth covered in dense grey-silky pubescence. Its leaflets are fleshy, shaped oblanceolate-cuneate. Flowers are arranged in umbels of 4–8 blooms, borne on axillary peduncles. The pedicels are short, and the bracts are compound, equal in length to the calyx or shorter. The yellow corolla is twice the length of the calyx. The pods are linear, 12–18 lines long, and turgid, holding 9–15 seeds each. This species is native to the Spanish Mediterranean coast. It grows in a wide variety of habitats, occurring in soils from sandy to heavy saline, and at elevations from sea level to high altitudes.
