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Chaparral Bird's-foot Trefoil

Lotus grandiflorus

4 observations in the source records

Wildlife photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) Larry H Moore, CC-BY-NC

1 photo

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 21, February 18, March 19, April 23, May 23, June 17, July 14, August 14, September 18, October 19, November 24, December 19.
United States245
California228
Nevada17

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genusbird's-foot trefoils · Lotus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Chaparral Bird's-foot Trefoil with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.