Fabaceae
Little white bird's-foot
Ornithopus perpusillus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Ornithopus
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- رجل الطير القزمي, رجل العصفور
- arz
- رجل الطير القزمى
- Belarusian
- Сырадэля вельмі маленькая
- Croatian
- Ptičonoga majušna
- Czech
- Ptačí noha maličká
- Dutch
- Klein vogelpootje
- English
- Little white bird's-foot, Bird’s-foot
- Estonian
- Väike linnujalg
- Finnish
- Pikkulinnunjalka
- French
- Pied-doiseau délicat
- German
- Kleiner Vogelfuss, Kleiner Vogelfuß, Vogelfuss, Mäusewicke
- hsb
- Ptača nóžka
- Irish
- Crúb éin
- Lithuanian
- Smulkioji seradėlė, Ornithiopus perpusillus
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dvergserradella
- Polish
- Seradela drobna
- Swedish
- Dvärgserradella, Melilotus perpusillus
- Welsh
- Troed yr aderyn
Synonyms
- Coronilla perpusilla (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Hedysarum moniliforme Burm.f.
- Hippocrepis comosa Lucé
- Ornithopodium missus Bubani
- Ornithopodium perpusillum (L.) Medik.
- Ornithopodium roseum Bubani
- Ornithopus albus Bergeret
- Ornithopus glaber Gand.
- Ornithopus intermedius Roth
- Ornithopus nodosus Mill.
- Ornithopus perpusillus f. branquinhoi P.Silva
- Ornithopus perpusillus var. elongatus Lamotte
- Ornithopus perpusillus var. glaber Corb.
- Ornithopus perpusillus var. minimus Rouy
- Ornithopus perpusillus var. nodosus (Mill.) Gray
- Ornithopus pusillus Lepech.
- Ornithopus subumbellatus Gilib.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July, November (from 207 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Chase Mathey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tommy Forrest, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Liadan Dickie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Christopher Stephens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 07:22, 23 June 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jfgodeau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Henry Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.