Lotus corniculatu
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Lotus corniculatu |
| Common name: | birds-foot trefoil |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | introduced |
| Plant height: | 6 - 18" |
| Foliage: | leaflets 5, entire |
| Flower: | yellow, 1/2" long |
| Flowering time: | June - October |
| Habitat: | weed of open, distributed ground of fields, meadows, roadsides |
| Range in New Jersey: | local through north Jersey; Hough shows old record in Camden, but recent photo above taken in Cape May county. |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Used in agriculture as a forage plant. |