Fabaceae
Slender bird's-foot trefoil
Lotus angustissimus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lotus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- لوطس أرمني
- Chinese
- 短果百脈根, 短果百脉根
- English
- Slender bird's-foot trefoil, Armenian Bird's foot trefoil
Synonyms
- Lotus angustifolius Gouan
- Lotus angustissimus f. glaber D.Jord.
- Lotus angustissimus var. erectus Gren. & Godr.
- Lotus angustissimus var. glaber (D.Jord.) Kožuharov
- Lotus angustissimus var. linnaeanus Bab.
- Lotus angustissimus var. macrorrhyzus Samp.
- Lotus angustissimus var. maritimus Rouy
- Lotus angustissimus var. medius Rouy
- Lotus angustissimus var. praetermissus (Kuprian.) Wissjul.
- Lotus angustissimus var. seringianus Bab.
- Lotus angustissimus var. uniflorus Matvejeva
- Lotus armeniacus Kit Tan & Sorger
- Lotus canescens Sieber ex Trev.
- Lotus ciliatus Ten.
- Lotus corbierei Rouy
- Lotus corbieri Rouy
- Lotus corniculatus var. ciliatus (Ten.) Willk.
- Lotus corniculatus var. sibthorpii (Rouy) Asch. & Graebn.
- Lotus decumbens var. sibthorpii Rouy
- Lotus diffusus Sm.
- Lotus diffusus Sol. ex Sm.
- Lotus glaberrimus Schur
- Lotus gracilis Waldst. & Kit.
- Lotus hispidus subsp. angustissimus (L.) Batt.
- Lotus hispidus subsp. levieri (Heldr.) Nyman
- Lotus lateralis C.Presl
- Lotus levieri Heldr.
- Lotus mollissimus S.G.Gmel. ex Ledeb.
- Lotus oligoceratos Scop.
- Lotus praetermissus Kuprian.
- Lotus praetermissus Kuprian.
- Lotus thessalus Hayek
- Mullaghera variabilis Bubani
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos

Photo: User:Tigerente, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.