Common name
English: Yellow birdsfoot, Yellow serradella
German: Flachhülsige Serradella
Portuguese: Senradela-amarela, Senradela-brava
English: Yellow birdsfoot, Yellow serradella
German: Flachhülsige Serradella
Portuguese: Senradela-amarela, Senradela-brava
Kingdom: Plantae (2586)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)
Order: Fabales (236)
Family: Fabaceae (236)(family description)
Genus: Ornithopus (2)
Epithet: compressus L. (1)
Synonym: Ornithopus scorpioides M.Bieb.
compressus => flattened, pressed together
scorpioides => scorpion like, when the inflorescence resembles a scorpion's tail
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
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