Lotus berthelotii Masf.

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Blue Kerry, Harare

Synonyms:	Lotus peliorhynchus Hook. f.
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Description:	Much-branched small shrub to c. 1m. Leaflets 3-7, grey, narrowly linear, looking like fascicles of small leaves or cladodes. Flowers c. 2.5 cm long, scarlet, fading to orange. Standard narrow, recurved. Keel with a long beak, greatly exceeding the wings.
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Derivation of specific name:	berthelotii: after Sabin Berthelot, author with Webb of Flore des Iles Canaries
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Worldwide distribution:	Cape Verde and Canary Isles
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Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Bailey, L.H. (1949). Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York. Page 571.

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