Ornithopus compressus L.

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

Check for Ornithopus compressus at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [413] International Legume Database & Information Service

• [31] Canzobre, H.L., Samartín, L.A. (1998): Guía da flora do litoral galego. Edicións Xerais de Galicia, Vigo, Spain.
• [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.