Fabaceae
Yellow bird's-foot
Ornithopus compressus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Ornithopus
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- رجل الطير المضغوط
- Bulgarian
- Сплеснат птичокрак
- Chinese
- 黄花鸟爪豆, 黄花鸡足豆
- Croatian
- Žuta ptičja noga
- Czech
- Ptačí noha smáčknutá
- Dutch
- Geel vogelpootje
- English
- Yellow bird's-foot, Yellow birdsfoot, Yellow serradella
- Finnish
- Keltalinnunjalka
- German
- Gelbe Serradella, Gelber Vogelfuss, Gelber Vogelfuß
- grc
- Κατανάγκη
- ota
- سوكواوتی
- Persian
- پاکفتری
- Swedish
- Gulserradella
- Turkish
- Söküotu
- Welsh
- Troed-yr-aderyn melyn
Synonyms
- Coronilla compressa (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Ornithopodium compressum (L.) All.
- Ornithopodium egoceraton Bubani
- Ornithopus brevirostris Pau
- Ornithopus celtibericus Sennen & Elías
- Ornithopus compositus Pau
- Ornithopus compressus f. brevicornis H.Lindb.
- Ornithopus compressus f. longicornis H.Lindb.
- Ornithopus compressus var. leiocarpus Pérez Lara
- Ornithopus compressus var. leiocarpus Willk.
- Ornithopus martini Giraudias
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May, September to October (from 326 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Maria Taria, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roland Godon, 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.