PLANTS Profile for Ornithopus sativus (common bird's-foot)

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PLANTS Profile

Ornithopus sativus Brot.
common bird's-foot

Symbol:

ORSA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

Distribution:
Ornithopus sativus Brot.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, MA, NY)

Related Taxa:
Ornithopus sativus Brot.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 4 species in Ornithopus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Ornithopus sativus Brot. ssp. isthmocarpus (Coss.) Dostál. .

Ornithopus sativus ssp. isthmocarpus
common bird's-foot

Distribution of Ornithopus sativus Brot. ssp. sativus. .

Ornithopus sativus ssp. sativus
common bird's-foot

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Ornithopus sativus Brot.

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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	Ornithopus L. – bird's-foot
Species	Ornithopus sativus Brot. – common bird's-foot

Introduced Information:
Ornithopus sativus Brot.

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:
Ornithopus sativus Brot.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26820.

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

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 07:51 AM CDT