Lotus eremiticus

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Lotus eremiticus or the Hermit Lotus Vine is a species of plant in the genus Lotus native to the Canary Islands (La Palma).[1][2]

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Lotus eremiticus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Lotus
Species:
L. eremiticus
Binomial name
Lotus eremiticus
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Description

This species is superficially identical to four other species, but is only one of two native to La Palma.[3]

This species essentially has shorter leaves than the other species (shown in source 2), and lighter flowers.[4]

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