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Lotus pedunculatus
Also called Greater birdsfoot-trefoil, Big Trefoil, Large Bird's Foot Trefoil, Marsh Bird's Foot Trefoil, Big Trefoil, Marsh Bird's Foot Trefoil, Loto De Los Pantanos, Lotus
A hardy perennial legume of damp meadows and marsh edges across Europe, grown for its golden pea-like flowers. It thrives in consistently moist, open ground and is best suited to wet or boggy garden spots.
Lotus pedunculatus (formerly Lotus uliginosus), the big trefoil, greater bird's-foot-trefoil or marsh bird's-foot trefoil, is a member of the pea family (Fabaceae).
It is a herbaceous perennial growing throughout Europe in damp, open locations. As one common name suggests, it is a larger plant than related Lotus species, growing 20–80 cm (8–30 in) tall, with leaflets 10–25 mm (0.4–1 in) long and 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 in) broad. Five to twelve golden-yellow flowers 10–18 mm (0.4–0.7 in) long are borne in an umbel at the tip of the upright stem.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lotus pedunculatus 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.
