Lotus subbiflorus
{{Short description|Species of legume}}
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|image = Lotus subbiflorus.jpg
|genus = Lotus
|species = subbiflorus
|authority = Lag.
|synonyms = *L. suaveolens Pers.
|synonyms_ref = C. A. Stace, New Flora of the British Isles, 4th edition 2019, p 164: Lotus subbiflorus. {{ISBN|978-15272-2630-2}}.
}}
Lotus subbiflorus, the hairy bird's-foot trefoil,{{PLANTS|id=LOSU80|taxon=Lotus subbiflorus|accessdate=23 June 2015}} is a flowering plant of the pea family Fabaceae.
It is a finely hairy annual plant, growing in dry, sandy ground, often near the sea, and producing sprawling stems with clusters of two to four lemon-yellow pea-type flowers, often with some borne inverted.
Distribution
Its native distribution is in southern and western Europe and North Africa.{{Cite web|date=2007-08-17|title=Lotus subbiflorus Lag.: FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia|url=http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/8564|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401075221/http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/8564|archive-date=2011-04-01|access-date=2022-02-03|website=florabase.calm.wa.gov.au}} It occurs as a scarce plant in south-west England, southern Wales, southern Ireland and in the Channel Islands. It also occurs as an introduced species in Hawaii and Australia.{{Cite web |url=http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/8564 |title=Florabase, the Western Australia Flora |access-date=2009-07-13 |archive-date=2011-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401075221/http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/8564 |url-status=dead }}