Fabaceae
Horseshoe vetch
Hippocrepis comosa
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Hippocrepis
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- حدوة الحصان طويلة الشعر
- arz
- حدوة الحصان طويلة الشعر
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена конска подкова
- Catalan
- Desferracavalls
- Chinese
- 多叶马蹄豆
- Czech
- Podkovka chocholatá
- Danish
- Gul Hestesko
- Dutch
- Paardenhoefklaver
- English
- Horseshoe vetch, Horse shoe vetch, Horse-vetch, Horseshoe-vetch
- Finnish
- Nystyhevonpalko
- French
- Fer à cheval, Fer a cheval, Hippocrépide en ombelle
- German
- Gewöhnlicher Hufeisenklee, Hufeisenklee, Schopfiger Hufeisenklee
- hsb
- Čećorička
- Italian
- Sferracavallo comune
- Polish
- Konikleca czubata
- Slovak
- Podkovka chochlatá
- Slovenian
- Navadna podkvica
- Spanish
- Herraduras, Hierba de la herradura
- Swedish
- Hästskoklöver
- Turkish
- Katırkuyruğu
- Welsh
- Ffacbysen bedol
Synonyms
- Coronilla comosa (L.) Prantl
- Hippocrepis alpestris Arv.-Touv.
- Hippocrepis atlantica Durieu ex Munby
- Hippocrepis burgalensis Sennen
- Hippocrepis comosa prol. prostrata (Boiss.) Rouy
- Hippocrepis comosa subsp. macedonica (Degen & Urum.) Kožuharov
- Hippocrepis comosa subvar. microphylla Rouy
- Hippocrepis comosa var. alpestris (Arv.-Touv.) Rouy
- Hippocrepis comosa var. alpina Rouy
- Hippocrepis comosa var. broteana Hrabětová
- Hippocrepis comosa var. burgalensis (Sennen) Hrabětová
- Hippocrepis comosa var. lignescens Hrabětová
- Hippocrepis comosa var. macedonica Degen & Urum.
- Hippocrepis comosa var. major Rouy
- Hippocrepis comosa var. prostrata Boiss.
- Hippocrepis comosa var. rolandi (Sennen) Hrabětová
- Hippocrepis helvetica G.Don
- Hippocrepis heterocarpa Sennen
- Hippocrepis montgronyana Sennen & Pau
- Hippocrepis perennis Lam.
- Hippocrepis rolandi Sennen
- Hippocrepis rolandi var. macrocarpa Sennen
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 602 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matteo Marcandella, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Larissa Schatz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andreas Schneider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ondřej Křivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stanley Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.