Common name
English: Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil
German: Sumpf-Hornklee
Portuguese: Erva-coalheira
English: Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil
German: Sumpf-Hornklee
Portuguese: Erva-coalheira
Kingdom: Plantae (2599)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2111)
Order: Fabales (237)
Family: Fabaceae (237)(family description)
Genus: Lotus (4)
Epithet: pedunculatus Cav. (1)
Synonyms: Lotus granadensis Zert., Lotus uliginosus Schk.
granadensis => from New Granada (old name of Colombia)
pedunculatus => stalked, with peduncle
uliginosus => growing in swamps or marshes
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red, yellow
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