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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lotus corniculatus   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lotus corniculatus   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lotus corniculatus

INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Lotus corniculatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-17-002:

Lotus corniculatus   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lotus corniculatus

 

COMMON NAME:
Birdsfoot-trefoil, Eggs-and-Bacon


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image of Lotus corniculatus, Birdsfoot-trefoil, Eggs-and-Bacon

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_loco6_001_lvd

        

image of Lotus corniculatus, Birdsfoot-trefoil, Eggs-and-Bacon

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_loco6_005_lvd

        

image of Lotus corniculatus, Birdsfoot-trefoil, Eggs-and-Bacon

JK Marlow    jkm060710_030

July    Tucker County    WV

Monongahela National Forest

Bright yellow half-inch flowers in long-stalked, headlike umbels, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Lotus corniculatus, Birdsfoot-trefoil, Eggs-and-Bacon

JK Marlow    jkm060710_032

July    Tucker County    WV

Monongahela National Forest

Leaves pinnately compound, lowermost pair of leaflets resembling stipules, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lotus corniculatus   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lotus corniculatus   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lotus corniculatus

INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lotus corniculatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-17-002:
Lotus corniculatus   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lotus corniculatus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2513

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, and waste places, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Rare or waif(s)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Compound: 5 leaflets (lower 2 stipular in position, upper 3 digitate at rachis apex)
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow/Reddish-orange
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

Flowers in headlike umbels

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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