[JTh]

Does anybody know what this plant is? A steep hillside near the road was covered with these pea-flowering plants. The bright orange ones were quite striking and easily seen from far away, but there were almost as many of them that were pale yellow, otherwise identical with the orange ones. I have not been able to identify them, I am guessing they may be Lotus sp., but nothing in my books looks quite like these, the nearest is Lotus biflora or something like that., but the description does not fit. They were seen in Agios Nikolaos, Sithonia (Halkidiki).


_5107736.jpg Lotus sp. by Jorun Tharaldsen, on Flickr


_5107732.jpg by Jorun Tharaldsen, on Flickr

_5107723.jpg Lotus sp. by Jorun Tharaldsen, on Flickr

[Umbrian]

How about Hymenocarpus circinnatus?.........

[JTh]

Thank you for your suggestion, Cariol. There was very little information to be found about Hymenocarpus circinnatus, The Plant List doesn't even recognize the genus, and some of the few references mentioin that Anthyllus circinnatus is a synonym, which this is definitely not. The photos of Hymenocarpus circinnatus I found on the internet do not look quite like those I saw, the flowers of the latter are much bigger and the colour is either very orange, almost coppert-like, or pale yellow, and the plants seem to be more compact. I guess I have to come back in summer and look at the seeds to get any closer.