bird's-foot trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

Pea family (Fabaceae) 4

Summary 5

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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  1. (c) Julia Housden Proulx, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Julia Housden Proulx, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30195087
  2. (c) delaneycrawford, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by delaneycrawford, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4166344
  3. (c) Ellen Hoam, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ellen Hoam, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49133013
  4. (c) Isaac Winkler, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  5. Adapted by Isaac Winkler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_corniculatus

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Flower hue yellow
Plant family Fabaceae