Fabaceae
Greater bird's-foot-trefoil
Lotus pedunculatus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lotus
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- لوطس سبخي, قرن الغزال السبخي
- arz
- لوطس سبخى
- Chinese
- 欧洲百脉根
- Czech
- Štírovník bažinný
- Danish
- Sump-Kællingetand
- Dutch
- Moerasrolklaver
- English
- Greater bird's-foot-trefoil, Big trefoil, Greater bird's-foot trefoil, Marsh bird's-foot trefoil
- Estonian
- Soo-nõiahammas
- Finnish
- Isomaite
- French
- Lotier des fanges, Lotier des marais, Lotier pédonculé
- German
- Sumpf-Hornklee, Sumpfhornklee
- hsb
- Bahnowy ledźbjenc
- Irish
- Crobh éin corraigh
- Japanese
- ネビキミヤコグサ
- kw
- Pys an gath bras
- Latvian
- Dūkstu vanagnadziņš
- Lithuanian
- Pelkinis garždenis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fôrtiriltunge
- Polish
- Komonica błotna
- Slovak
- Ľadenec barinný
- Slovenian
- Močvirska nokota
- Spanish
- Alfalfa chilota, Cuernecillo grande, Lotera
- Swedish
- Stor käringtand
- Welsh
- Pysen-y-ceirw fawr
Synonyms
- Lotus corniculatus prol. pedunculatus (Cav.) Rouy
- Lotus corniculatus var. pedunculatus (Cav.) Willk.
- Lotus granadensis Zertova
- Lotus uluginosus Schkuhr
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August, December to February (from 1,920 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sean Hartnett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: lejones417, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hannah Jones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diego Alex, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dergo Patricia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Noland Martin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 15:33, 3 January 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: langella annamaria, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.