Fabaceae
Bird clover
Trifolium ornithopodioides
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (8)
- Dutch
- Vogelpootklaver
- English
- Bird clover, Birdsfoot fenugreek
- French
- Trèfle pied-doiseau, Trèfle faux pied d'oiseau
- German
- Vogelfuß-Klee, Schabziegerklee, Trifolium subsect. Falcatula, Vogelfußklee
- Hungarian
- Egyvirágú here
- Icelandic
- Fuglasmári
- Swedish
- Fågelfotsklöver
- Welsh
- Corfeillionen wen
Synonyms
- Aporanthus trifoliastrum Bromf.
- Falcatula falsotrifolium Brot.
- Falcatula ornithopodioides (L.) Gasp.
- Medicago ornithopodioides (L.) Trautv.
- Melilotus ornithopodioides (L.) Desr.
- Telis ornithopodiodes (L.) Kuntze
- Trifolium melilotus var. ornithopodioides L.
- Trifolium melilotus-ornithopodi (L.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Trifolium melilotus-ornithopodi subsp. uniflorum (Munby) Maire
- Trifolium melilotus-ornithopodioides subsp. eu-ornithopodioides Maire
- Trifolium melilotus-ornithopodioides subsp. uniflorum (Munby) Maire
- Trifolium melilotusornithopodioides subsp. euornithopodioides Maire
- Trifolium melilotusornithopodioides subsp. uniflorum (Munby) Maire
- Trifolium munbyi Širj.
- Trifolium ornithopodioides subsp. uniflorum Maire
- Trifolium perpusillum Simonk.
- Trigonella ornithopodioides (L.) DC.
- Trigonella ornithopodioides (L.) DC.
- Trigonella ornithopodioides var. melilotea Mall.
- Trigonella purpurascens Lam.
- Trigonella uniflora Munby
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced
Photos
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: KP Laer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 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.