Birdsfoot Trefoil     Information
INVASIVE
Scientific Name:Lotus corniculatus
Common Name Synonyms: Bird's-Foot Trefoil


NOTES: Native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa.

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Birdsfoot Trefoil
Genus species: Lotus corniculatus
Common Names: Birdsfoot Trefoil
Bird's-Foot Trefoil
Family Name: Fabaceae  
Herbaceous or woody plants; leaves alternate or basal, simple or compound, stipulate, the petiole and petiolule base typically swollen; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, in various clusters; fruit a legume.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Yellow
Identified by:SB
Months in Bloom:  
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