136
442
Flowers other colours
452
443
Leaves with 2 large
leaf-like stipules at the
base of the petiole
(hence apparently with
5 leaflets)
444
443
Leaves clearly
trifoliate (with 3
leaflets only)
445
444
Plant < 10 cm tall.
Inflorescences with 1-
3(-5) flowers
Lotus corniculatus
L. subsp. alpinus
(DC.) Rothm.
444
Plant > 10 cm tall.
Inflorescences with 4-
12 flowers
Lotus corniculatus
L. subsp.
corniculatus
445
Plant woody, at least
at the base
446
445
Plant herbaceous
447
446
Stems erect. Calyx
teeth longer than the
tube. Flowers arranged
in linear leafless
racemes
Cytisus nigricans
L. s.l.