Pea Family
Pea Family - Fabaceae
Pitch Trefoil Bituminaria bituminosaNative from the Canary Islands eastward to the Middle East. Common in rough places in seminatural habitats such as field edges and roadsides.
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Lotus glinoides
Native from the Canary Islands eastward to Iran and Pakistan. Quite common in stony, uncultivated places.
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Lanzarote Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus lancerottensis
Native from the Canary Islands eastward to Iran and Pakistan. Quite common in stony, uncultivated places.
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Caterpillar-plant Scorpiurus muricatus
Native from Macaronesia through the Mediterranean Region to Iran.
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Large Yellow Restharrow Ononis natrix ssp. hesperia
A subspecies of a widespread plant, this form is endemic to the Canary Islands and the nearby north-west African coast. Leaves stickly hairy and often smothered in sand grains. Sometines recognised as a separate species.
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Catalina's Restharrow Ononis catalinae
Endemic to Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. Leaves either trifoliate, or single-bladed with leaf-like stipules. Resembles Ononis viscosa from the Mediterranean Region but that species has triangular, pointed stipules.
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Star Fenugreek Trigonella stellata
Native from the Canary Islands eastward through North Africa to Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Forms a tight clump, with slightly fleshy leaves and with the flowers tightly clustered close to the ground.
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Shore Medick Medicago littoralis
Native from the Canary Islands eastward through the Mediterranean Region to the Caucasus.
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Tattered Medick Medicago laciniata
Native from the Canary Islands eastward through North Africa to the Middle East and India. A weedy plant of roadsides and cultivation. Leaflets relatively narrow, strongly toothed.
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