Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Lotus // Species: Lotus corniculatus L.
Variability: Lotus corniculatus L. var. tenuis.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 2001).
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia, Central Asia, West Asia to West Himalaya and Myanmar, Macaronesia, North, Northeast and East Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew).
Habitat: Grasslands, pastures, rocky terrains, edges of forests.
Flowering period: Spring- summer: MAY, JUN.
Lotus corniculatus – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lotus corniculatus – stem with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lotus corniculatus – stem with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lotus corniculatus – stem with flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lotus corniculatus – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lotus corniculatus – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lotus corniculatus – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Kochanska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lotus corniculatus – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Kochanska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lotus corniculatus – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Kochanska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lotus corniculatus – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Kochanska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lotus corniculatus –stems with flowers and pods. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Kochanska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lotus corniculatus – stems with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Kochanska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Osogovo nature 