PLANTS Profile for Lotus angustissimus (slender bird's-foot trefoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Lotus angustissimus L.
slender bird's-foot trefoil

Symbol:

LOAN2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United Kingdom, England, Cornwall. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Lotus angustissimus L.

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Synonyms:
Lotus angustissimus L.

LOCOC4

Lotus corniculatus L. var. ciliatus (Ten.) W.D.J. Koch

Distribution:
Lotus angustissimus L.


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Lotus angustissimus L.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 72 species in Lotus

Classification:
Lotus angustissimus L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Lotus L. – trefoil
Species	Lotus angustissimus L. – slender bird's-foot trefoil

Introduced Information:
Lotus angustissimus L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Lotus angustissimus L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26365.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 06:44 PM CDT