| Scientific Name: | Lotus berthelotii |
| Common Name: | parrot's beak, coral gem, pelican's beak, lotus vine |
| Family Name: | Fabaceae |
| Origin: | Africa |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as) |
| Mature Size: | < 0.1m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Container planting, Hanging basket, Rock garden |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Acicular, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Orange, Red, Dark-red, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Legume, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves divided into 3-5 slender pubescent leaflets (1-2cm long x 1mm wide); flowers orange-red to red, pea flower-shaped, but slender, 2-4cm long and 5-8mm broad like lobster claws. | |