
''Lotus maritimus'' is a species of plant in the
legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
family, native to Europe, Africa and temperate Asia.
[ It is one of several species known as dragon's teeth.][Walter Erhardt et al. ''The Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names,'' 734, 794 (2009).]
References
Faboideae
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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