Lotus halophilusBoiss. & Spruner

WFO wfo-0000212204 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Lotus halophilus, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. a Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-04-18 / obs. 121766440
Lotus halophilus, photographed by Ronald Flipphi
fig. b Ronald Flipphi, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 37799378
Lotus halophilus, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. c Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121766452
Lotus halophilus, photographed by Ronald Flipphi
fig. d Ronald Flipphi, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 37799396
Lotus halophilus, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. e Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121766470
Lotus halophilus, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. f Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121766486
Lotus halophilus, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. g Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121766502

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Lotus halophilus is native: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Türkiye, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Gulf StatesIranIraqKuwaitLebanon-SyriaOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiTürkiyeGreeceItalyKritiSicilia
Native distribution of Lotus halophilus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Gulf States GST
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kuwait KUW
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Greece GRC EUROPE
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Sicilia SIC

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Lotus aucheri Boiss.
  • Lotus bornmuellerianus Gand.
  • Lotus halophilus var. macranthus (Boiss.) Heyn
  • Lotus oligoceratos Desf.
  • Lotus pusillus Viv.
  • Lotus pusillus Medik.
  • Lotus pusillus subsp. vivianii Pamp.
  • Lotus pusillus var. macranthus Boiss.
  • Lotus pusillus var. major Boiss.
  • Lotus villosus Forssk.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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