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Fabaceae

Slender bird's-foot trefoil

Lotus angustissimus L.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Lotus

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Slender bird's-foot trefoil: Lotus angustissimus Calvi (Capu di a Veta), Corse, France
Photo: User:Tigerente, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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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

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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.