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Lotus corniculatus
Also called Garden Bird's Foot Trefoil, Bird's Foot Trefoil, Ground Honeysuckle, Horned Trefoil, Birdfoot Deervetch, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Bloomfell
Common bird's-foot-trefoil is a low, sprawling perennial legume of grasslands, roadsides and old fields, valued as livestock forage and wildflower planting. It grows best in open, sunny spots with sandy or poor soil and needs little attention once established.
Lotus corniculatus is a flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae. Common names include common bird's-foot trefoil, eggs and bacon, birdsfoot deervetch, and just bird's-foot trefoil (a name also often applied to other Lotus spp.). It has a wide distribution and is a favored forage for livestock.
Lotus corniculatus has a broad distribution worldwide. It is native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa. It is common everywhere in Britain and Ireland.
It is used in agriculture as a forage plant, grown for pasture, hay, and silage. It is a high quality forage that does not cause bloat in ruminants. Taller-growing cultivars have been developed for this. It may be used as an alternative to alfalfa in poor soils.
Coralgem · Canary Clover · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Hairy bird's-foot trefoil · Winged Pea · Trefoil
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lotus corniculatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
