Fabaceae
Common bird's-foot-trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lotus
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Common names
By language (46)
- Arabic
- لوطس ياباني, أبو قرن, رجل العصفور, زَيتة, سالي, عشب غنم, قرن الغزال, كتيهة
- Armenian
- Եղջերառվույտ եղջրավոր
- arz
- لوطس يابانى
- Asturian
- Zapatinos del rei
- Basque
- Mendiko uso-belar, Usobelar
- Bulgarian
- Обикновен звездан
- Catalan
- Lot corniculat, Corona de rei
- Chinese
- 百脈根, 百脉根, 五叶草, 地羊鹊, 牛角花, 百脉根花
- Czech
- Štírovník růžkatý
- Danish
- Almindelig Kællingetand, Kællingetand
- Dutch
- Gewone rolklaver, Rechte rolklaver
- English
- Common bird's-foot-trefoil, Bird's-foot trefoil
- Estonian
- Harilik nõiahammas
- Finnish
- Keltamaite
- French
- Lotier corniculé, Lotier cornicule
- frr
- Henk an höön
- Galician
- Corniños
- German
- Gewöhnlicher Hornklee, Gemeiner Hornklee, Hornklee
- Greek
- Λότος του κερατικού
- Hebrew
- לוטוס מקרין
- hsb
- Łučny ledźbjenc, Łučny leźbjenc
- Hungarian
- Szarvaskerep
- Icelandic
- Akurmaríuskór
- Italian
- Ginestrino
- Japanese
- ミヤコグサ, セイヨウミヤコグサ, 都草
- Korean
- 서양벌노랑이
- kw
- Pys an gath
- Latvian
- Ragainais vanagnadziņš
- Lithuanian
- Paprastasis garždenis
- lzh
- 百脈根
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tiriltunge
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Tiriltunge
- Persian
- آهوماش زرد
- Polish
- Komonica zwyczajna
- Romanian
- Ghizdei
- Russian
- Лядвенец рогатый
- Serbian
- Звездан
- Slovak
- Ľadenec rožkatý
- Slovenian
- Navadna nokota
- Spanish
- Chauchillas, Cuernecillo, Loto de cuernecillo, Trebol criollo, Trebol de cuernos, Trebol de las arenas, Trébol criollo, Trébol de cuernos
- Swedish
- Käringtand, Finsk käringtand, Fjällkäringtand, Foderkäringtand, Gulhane, Kattklor, Kärringtand, Vanlig käringtand
- Tatar
- Чыпчык борыны
- Turkish
- Gazelboynuzu, Gazalboynuzu, Gazel boynuzu
- udm
- Сюрокӧжы
- Ukrainian
- Лядвенець рогатий, Лядвонець рогатий
- Welsh
- Pys y ceirw, Pysen-y-ceirw, Pys-y-ceirw
Synonyms
- Lotus caucasicus Kuprian.
- Lotus ciliatus sensu Schur
- Lotus corniculatus subsp. minor Ehrh.
- Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus
- Lotus corniculatus var. crassifolia Fr.
- Lotus corniculatus var. maritimus Rupr.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 13,947 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mr. Satterly, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ульяна Ярцева, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vladimir Atachkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matthew Gerke, 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.