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Cornicina

Hymenocarpos lotoides

Photo by arlanda
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Field Notes

Description:

Flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. Iberic-magreb endemism.
Annual herbaceous plant with 40 cm. erect stems. Basal leaves are simple, intermediate ones are irregularly pinnate and the superior ones with 5-7 elliptic folioles. The inflorescence has 3-11 flowers. The flowers can be up to 2 cm big. The corolla is bigger than the calyx, yellow-orange coloured. The fruits are 2 cm long, cylindrical, with 7-12 seeds.

Habitat:

Small prairie in dipersed Holm oak forest

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/60 sec. f/32; ISO Speed Rating: 200. Exposure Bias: +1 EV. Focal Length: 90.0 mm. Flash fired

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Finally identified as Hymenocarpos lotoides, an iberian-magreb endemism!

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