Lotus pedunculatus

Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie
Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon

Bayer Code : lotul

Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr.

Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: greater bird's-foot-trefoil

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Gemeiner Hornklee ; FR : lotier des marais ; IT : ginestrino ; PT : erva-coalheira ; EN : greater bird's-foot-trefoil ;

Biological type: Perennial

Seedling:

-Cotyledons obovate, slimmer at base, glabrous.

-Leaves alternate, comprised of 3 leaflets, obovate sessile, glabrous.

Adult plant:

-Height : 40-120 cm. Plant glabrous or pubescent.

-Stem erect or ascendent.

-Leaves alternate, comprised of 5 rhomboidal leaflets, the lower two pairs correspond to stipules.

-Flowers yellow, in umbel of 3-10 flowers. Segments of calyx nearly the same length as the tube.

-Fruit : pod, 15-40 x 2-3 mm.

- Biological type : Perennial.

Ecological profile (click on flags): Rare Present