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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lotus tenuis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lotus tenuis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lotus tenuis
INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lotus corniculatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lotus tenuis
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Birdsfoot-trefoil, Slender Birdsfoot-trefoil
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lotus tenuis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lotus tenuis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lotus tenuis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lotus corniculatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lotus tenuis
2717
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, and waste places, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Compound: 5 leaflets (lower 2 stipular in position, upper 3 digitate at rachis apex)
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
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