Flowering
- Jan1
- Feb2
- Mar3
- Apr4
- May5
- Jun6
- Jul7
- Aug8
- Sep9
- Oct10
- Nov11
- Dec12
Distribution





Geogr. District
- Northern Negev (V. Rare)
- Southern Negev (Common)
- Arava Valley (Common)
- Edom (Rare)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
Family
Additional Names
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- לוֹטוּס מִדְבָּרִי
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- hemicryptophyte
- Spinescence:
- absent
- Succulence:
- non-succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- perennating
- Petal or tepal color:
- red
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Flowers hermaphrodite only
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Homogeneous seeds-fruits
- Flowering Time:
- April, May, March
- Leaf arrangement:
- alternate (one leaf per node)
- Leaf Type:
- compound, trifoliolate
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- smooth
- Stipule:
- present
- Habitat:
- Desert, Thermophilous plants
- Chorotype:
- Saharo-Arabian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- obligate natural
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Dicotyledoneae
- Family:
- Papilionaceae
- Genus:
- Lotus