Lotus glareosus, Boiss. & Reuter

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 174

6. L. glareosus Boiss. & Reuter , Pugillus 36 (1852).

Stems up to 20 cm, procumbent or ascending, sparsely to densely villous, or with dense, silvery, appressed hairs. Leaflets 2-10 x 1-5-5 mm, obovate or elliptic-obovate. Heads 1- to 6-flowered, calyxteeth ± unequal, longer than tube, linear-triangular or linear with triangular base, the lateral and upper teeth curved; pedicels 0-5-1-5 mm. Calyx-teeth unequal, as long as or longer than tube; corolla 8-10 mm, usually reddish. Legume 15-25 x 2-2-5 mm. • Mountains o f S. Spain, C. Portugal. Hs Lu.

Variable and possibly containing two species. One relatively dwarf with dense, silvery, appressed hairs and small leaflets, peduncles and pedicels, the other larger, with patent hairs and larger leaflets, peduncles and pedicels.