Lotus ornithopodioides L. is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Lotus ornithopodioides L.

Lotus ornithopodioides L.

Lotus ornithopodioides, southern bird's foot trefoil, is a 5 cm tall self-supporting annual herb in Fabaceae with broad compound leaves.

Family
Genus
Lotus
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Lotus ornithopodioides L.

Lotus ornithopodioides L., commonly known as southern bird's foot trefoil, is an annual herb species that belongs to the legume family Fabaceae. This plant has a self-supporting growth structure, and produces compound, broad leaves. Mature individuals of this species can reach a height of up to 5 cm.

Photo: (c) Sonja Bouwman-Gringhuis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sonja Bouwman-Gringhuis · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Lotus

More from Fabaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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