Inflorescence; Braga, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence; Vilela, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal; 4/2013 © Jörn Germer
Upper surface of leaf; Portela, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer
Lower surface of leaf; Portela, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Vilela, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal; 4/2013 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Vilela, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal; 4/2013 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1311 Date of entry: 21.05.2010 Last update: 02.06.2023
English: Bird's-foot
German: Kleiner Vogelfuß
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Ornithopus (2)
Epithet: perpusillus L. (1)
Synonym: Ornithopodium minus Bubani
minus => smaller, lesser
perpusillus => very small
Climate: temperate, sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
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