Judean Bird's Foot Trefoil, לוטוס יהודה
| Scientific name: | Lotus collinus (Boiss.) Heldr. | |
| Synonym name: | Lotus longisiliquosus R. Roem., Lotus judaicus Bornm. | |
| Common name: | Judean Bird's Foot Trefoil | |
| Hebrew name: | לוטוס יהודה | |
| Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Hemicryptophyte | |
| Stems: | 25-35 cm high | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, imparipinnate (pinnately compound leaves in which there is a lone terminal leaflet rather than a terminal pair of leaflets), obovate to oblong-oblanceolate; subglabrous to pubescent | |
| Inflorescence: | Heads 3 to 5- flowered | |
| Flowers: | Yellow, Upper 2 calyx-teeth curved upwards, lateral 2 shorter than the lower; keel with a yellow or brownish-yellow beak | |
| Fruits / pods: | Legume, dehiscent | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Mediterranean maquis and forest, Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands | |
| Chorotype: | Meditarranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Perennating |
Derivation of the botanical name: Lotus, the classical Greek name. collinus, pertaining to hills. longisiliquosus, longus, long; siliqua, silique, type of long two-valved seed pod. judaicus, Jewish. The Hebrew name: לוטוס, lotos, Latin lotus, from Greek lotos, from Hebrew לוט (-ladanum); probably related to Akkadian: ladunu, Arabic: la- dan ( = ladanum); Persian ladan is an Arabic loan word. Greek ledon (=rock- rose), whence ladanon ( = labdanum) is a Semitic loan word.
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