Lotus halophillus Boiss & Spruner
Family: LEGUMINOSAE
Genus: Lotus
Province distribution: Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands: Ibiza. Formentera.
General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean
IUCN Category: Vulnerable
Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Life-forms: Terophyte.
Habitats: Beaches and dunes, sandy soils. Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytics communities.
Characteristics: A small trifoliolate legume with yellow flowers that lives in sandy soils; in our islands can only be found in the Pitiusses. Can be recognized by its elongate folioles, and by the legumes, of which the apical portion curves in a very particular, characteristic manner. Flowers at the end of spring.