Lotus pedunculatus Cav., 1793
Common names
- 🇬🇧 Greater Bird’s-foot-trefoil
- 🇫🇷 Lotier pédonculé, Lotier des marais
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Eudicots
- Clade: Superrosids
- Clade: Rosids
- Clade: Fabids
- Order: Fabales
- Family: Fabaceae
- Subfamily: Faboideae
- Tribe: Loteae
- Genus: Lotus
- Species: Lotus pedunculatus
Presence
Present.
Conservation status
- Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
- Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern
Notes
Possible confusion with L. corniculatus L., 1753, which has 4-6 flowers per inflorescence and a solid stem, while L. pedunculatus has 8-12 flowers per inflorescence and a hollow stem.
The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:
- L. pedunculatus subsp. granadensis (Chrtková) Molero Mesa & Pérez Raya, 1987;
- L. pedunculatus subsp. pedunculatus Cav., 1793, P.
Photographs
Sources
Maxted, N. (2011). Lotus pedunculatus (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/194691/8894888
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 735). Biotope.