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Alpine Bird's Foot Trefoil

Lotus alpinus

Alpine Bird's Foot Trefoil
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SC. & S. Europe to Afghanistan, Morocco
Climate
temperate

About

Lotus alpinus, common name alpine bird's-foot trefoil, is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae.

Where it grows

L. alpinus is a species of the mountain regions of the southern Europe (Austria, Germany, Switzerland, former Yugoslavia, Italy, France, and Spain), particularly the Alps and the Pyrenees.

Other Lotus plants

Lotus aduncus · Lotus aegaeus · Lotus alianus · Lotus anfractuosus · Slender bird's-foot trefoil · Lotus arabicus · Lotus arenarius · Lotus argyrodes · Lotus arinagensis · Lotus assakensis · Australian Trefoil · Lotus axilliflorus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lotus alpinus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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