Lotus corniculatus L., 1753
🇬🇧 Common Bird's-foot-trefoil
🇫🇷 Lotier corniculé, Pied-de-poule, Sabot-de-la-mariée
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 corniculatus
Presence
Present.
Conservation status
- Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
- Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern
Notes
Possible confusion with L. pedunculatus Cav., 1793, which has 8-12 flowers per inflorescence and a hollow stem, while L. corniculatus has 4-6 flowers per inflorescence and a solid stem.
The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:
- L. corniculatus subsp. afghanicus Chrtková, 1967;
- L. corniculatus subsp. delortii (Timb.-Lagr.) Nyman, 1878, P;
- L. corniculatus subsp. corniculatus L., 1753, P;
- L. corniculatus subsp. fruticosus Chrtková, 1967;
- L. corniculatus subsp. preslii (Ten.) P.Fourn., 1936, P.
Photographs
Sources
Kell, S.P. (2011). Lotus corniculatus (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176445/7243415
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 736). Biotope.