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bird's-foot trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
32 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
greater bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
narrow-leaf bird's-foot trefoilLotus tenuis
meadow peaLathyrus pratensis
horseshoe vetchHippocrepis comosa
Alpine Bird's-Foot TrefoilLotus alpinus
sickle alfalfaMedicago falcata
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Scotch BroomCytisus scoparius
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Alaska | 351,780 |
|---|---|
| United States | 49,830 |
| Canada | 22,365 |
| Ontario | 12,569 |
| United Kingdom | 11,959 |
| England | 9,821 |
| Russia | 8,857 |
| California | 6,288 |
| New York | 5,884 |
| Minnesota | 4,461 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales |
| Family | Legumes · Fabaceae |
| Genus | bird's-foot trefoils · Lotus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise 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.