Lotus corniculatus L.
FABACEAE
- Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Lotus corniculatus L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 775 (1753)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Bird's-foot trefoil
English name: bird's-foot trefoil English name: common bird's-foot trefoil
Spanish name: cuernecillo del campo
French name: lotier corniculé
Italian name: Ginestrino
German name: Hornklee
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Lotus corniculatus L. ssp. frondosus Freyn
2) Lotus corniculatus L. var. alpinus Ser.
3) Lotus corniculatus L. var. arvensis (Schkuhr) Ser. ex DC.
4) Lotus corniculatus L. var. carnosus Hartm.
5) Lotus corniculatus L. var. ciliatus (Ten.) W.D.J. Koch
6) Lotus corniculatus L. var. corniculatus
7) Lotus corniculatus L. var. hirsutus W.D.J. Koch
8) Lotus corniculatus L. var. tenuifolius L.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Lotus
Species:
Page counter: 5881 ( AVG: 221.13 / 219.791 )
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Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia
Lotus corniculatus
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Giancarlo Pasquali
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Giancarlo Pasquali
Lotus corniculatus
Jan Kops et al. - Flora Batava - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Brunello Pierini
Lotus corniculatus
Picture modified from Bley, Franz - Botanisches Bilderbuch (1897/98) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.
Lotus corniculatus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, località Basovizza/Bazovica, lungo la strada per San Lorenzo/Jezero, TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi
Lotus corniculatus
Jacob Sturm, Johann Georg Sturm - Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen (1796). - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi
Lotus corniculatus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Serle, località Calamor, lungo la strada, BS, Lombardia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Lotus corniculatus
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Maria Grazia Lobba - Ciampino (RM)
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia
Lotus corniculatus
Picture modified from Graebner, Paul - Taschenbuch zum Pflanzenbestimmen (1918) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.
Lotus corniculatus
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Giancarlo Pasquali
Lotus corniculatus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, località Basovizza/Bazovica, lungo la strada per San Lorenzo/Jezero, TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Lotus corniculatus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)
Map for Lotus corniculatus L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Lotus corniculatus L. ssp. frondosus Freyn [264]
2) Lotus corniculatus L. var. alpinus Ser. [221]
3) Lotus corniculatus L. var. arvensis (Schkuhr) Ser. ex DC. [214]
4) Lotus corniculatus L. var. ciliatus (Ten.) W.D.J. Koch [225]
5) Lotus corniculatus L. var. hirsutus W.D.J. Koch [276]
6) Lotus crassifolius (Benth.) Greene var. crassifolius [313]
7) Lotus cupreus Greene [201]
8) Lotus dendroideus (Greene) Greene var. traskiae (Eastw. ex Noddin) Isely [250]
9) Lotus edulis L. [1434]
10) Lotus grandiflorus (Benth.) Greene [282]
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