Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth.


FABACEAE Family selection - Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17(3): 368. 1836 [21 Jun-9 Jul 1836]
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: American bird's-foot trefoil
en English name: deervetch
English name: prairie bird's-foot trefoil

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
 

Synonyms:


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth. var. helleri (Britton) Kartesz & Gandhi
2) Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth. var. unifoliolatus



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Lotus
Species:


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NV, NY, OK, OR, SC, SD, TX, VA, WA, WI, WY), CAN (BC, MB, SK)

Distributional map for Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth.
Map for Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth.
(*) 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 unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth. var. unifoliolatus [297]
2) Lotus x nummularius (M.E. Jones) Tidestr. [136]
3) Louiseania triloba (Lindl.) Pachom. [163]
4) Lowellia aurea A. Gray [142]
5) Lucuma campechiana Kunth [138]
6) Lucuma mammosa C.F. Gaertn. [123]
7) Ludolfia glaucescens Willd. [92]
8) Ludwigia arcuata Walter [315]
9) Ludwigia grandiflora (Michx.) Greuter & Burdet [364]
10) Ludwigia natans Elliot var. stipitata Fernald & Grisc. [164]

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