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Bird's-foot Trefoils and Deervetches
(Genus Lotus)
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Lotus, a latinization of Greek lōtos (λωτός), is a genus that includes most bird's-foot trefoils (also known as bacon-and-eggs) and deervetches and contains many dozens of species distributed world-wide. Depending on the taxonomic authority, roughly between 70 and 150 are accepted. Lotus is a genus of legume and its members are adapted to a wide range of habitats, from coastal environments to high altitudes. Most species have leaves with five leafl
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Bird's-foot Trefoil
(Lotus corniculatus)
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Lotus corniculatus is a common flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to grassland in temperate Eurasia and North Africa. Common names include common bird's-foot trefoil and just bird's-foot trefoil, though the common name is often also applied to other members of the genus. It is also known in cultivation in North America as bird's-foot deervetch.
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Greater Bird's-Foot-Trefoil
(Lotus pedunculatus)
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Lotus pedunculatus (formerly Lotus uliginosus), the big trefoil, greater bird's-foot-trefoil or marsh bird's-foot trefoil, is a member of the pea family (Fabaceae).
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Strigose Lotus
(Acmispon strigosus)
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Acmispon strigosus (formerly Lotus strigosus), also called stiff-haired lotus or strigose bird's-foot trefoil, is an annual plant in the Pea Family (Fabaceae) found from central California to the Baja California Peninsula.
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Spanish Clover
(Acmispon americanus)
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Acmispon americanus, known by the common names American bird's-foot trefoil and Spanish clover, is a species of legume native to most habitats of California, the Western United States, Western Canada, and northern Mexico.
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Narrow-leaf Bird's-foot Trefoil
(Lotus tenuis)
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Lotus tenuis is a flowering plant of the pea family Fabaceae, native to western and southern Europe and southwest Asia. Some botanists treat it as a subspecies of Lotus corniculatus, as L. corniculatus subsp. tenuifolius.
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Silver Bird's-foot Trefoil
(Acmispon argophyllus)
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Lotus argophyllus is a species of legume known by the common name silver bird's-foot trefoil or silver lotus. It is also sometimes classified as Acmispon argophyllus....
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Streambank Bird's-foot Trefoil
(Hosackia oblongifolia)
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Lotus oblongifolius is a species of legume known by the common name streambank bird's-foot trefoil or meadow lotus. It is native to western North America from Oregon to northern Mexico, where it grows in moist to wet areas in several types of habitat. It is a spreading or upright perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of 3 elongated oval leaflets each up to 2.5 centimeters long. The inflorescence bears several yellow and white flowers...
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Coastal Bird's-foot Trefoil
(Acmispon maritimus)
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Lotus salsuginosus is a species of legume known by the common name coastal bird's-foot trefoil. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in many types of mountain, desert, and scrub habitat, not necessarily near the coast. It is an annual herb quite variable in morphology, from petite to bushy, hairless to roughly hairy, and prostrate to erect in form. The slender stems are lined with leaves each made up...
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Hairy Bird's-Foot-Trefoil
(Lotus subbiflorus)
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Lotus subbiflorus, hairy bird's-foot trefoil, is a flowering plant of the pea family Fabaceae.
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Sierra Lotus
(Acmispon decumbens)
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Acmispon decumbens is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the western United States (Nevada, California) and north-western Mexico (Baja California). It was first described by George Bentham in 1836 as Hosackia decumbens.
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Chaparral Bird's-foot Trefoil
(Acmispon grandiflorus)
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Acmispon grandiflorus, synonym Lotus grandiflorus, is a species of legume native to western North America. It is known by the common name chaparral bird's-foot trefoil.
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Alpine Bird's-Foot Trefoil
(Lotus alpinus)
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Lotus alpinus, common name alpine bird's-foot trefoil, is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae.
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Southern Bird's-Foot-Trefoil
(Lotus ornithopodioides)
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San Diego Bird's-foot Trefoil
(Acmispon micranthus)
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Syrmatium micranthum, synonym Lotus hamatus and Acmispon micranthus, is a species of legume native to California and northwestern Mexico. It is known by the common name San Diego bird's-foot trefoil. It is found in the coastal mountain ranges of California and Baja California, where it grows in various types of scrub and canyon habitat. It is an annual herb taking a spreading or upright form. It is lined with leaves each made up of oval leaflets...
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New Mexico Bird's-foot Trefoil
(Acmispon oroboides)
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Meadow Bird's Foot Trefoil
(Hosackia pinnata)
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Hosackia pinnata, synonym Lotus pinnatus, is a species of legume native to western North America from British Columbia to California. It is known by the common names meadow bird's-foot trefoil and bog bird's-foot trefoil. Its distribution extendsg into British Columbia in just a few rare occurrences near Nanaimo. It grows in moist to wet habitat, such as bogs and spring meadows. It is a hairless perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of green oval...
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Rosy Bird's-foot Trefoil
(Hosackia rosea)
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Hosackia rosea, synonym Lotus aboriginus, is a species of legume native to California. It is known by the common names rosy bird's-foot trefoil and thicket trefoil. It grows in mountains and canyons, often in moist areas. It is a perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of pairs of oval leaflike leaflets 1 to 3 cm long. The inflorescence is a spray of six to 10 white or pink flowers each about 1 cm long....
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Coastal Bird's-foot Trefoil
(Acmispon maritimus var. brevivexillus)
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Slender Bird's-Foot-Trefoil
(Lotus angustissimus)
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Balsam Bird's Foot Trefoil
(Hosackia stipularis)
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Hosackia stipularis, synonym Lotus stipularis, is a species of legume endemic to California. It is known by the common name balsam bird's-foot trefoil. It is found in most of the northern and central coastal and inland mountain ranges and foothills. It can be found in many types of habitat, including forest, chaparral, and disturbed areas. This is a mostly erect perennial herb with a leafy, often hairy and glandular form. Its slender branches are lined with...
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