Fabaceae
Common bird's-foot
Ornithopus sativus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Ornithopus
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- رجل الطير المزروع
- arz
- رجل الطير المزروع
- Belarusian
- Сырадэля пасяўная, Сарадэла, Сарадэля, Серадоля, Сэрадэль
- Chinese
- 栽培鸟爪豆
- Czech
- Ptačí noha setá
- Dutch
- Serradelle
- English
- Common bird's-foot, Serradella
- Estonian
- Põld-linnujalg
- Finnish
- Peltolinnunjalka
- German
- Echte Serradella
- Latvian
- Sējas seradella
- Lithuanian
- Sėjamoji seradėlė
- Polish
- Seradela pastewna, Seradela siewna
- Russian
- Сераделла посевная, Птиценожка
- Swedish
- Serradella
- Welsh
- Seradela
Synonyms
- Coronilla serradella E.H.L.Krause
- Ornithopodium sativum (Brot.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- February to June, September to November (from 104 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Peter Crowcroft, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: José Luis Camaño, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: linkie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bartosz Czołczyński, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, 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.