Lotus tenuis

Lotus tenuis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Lotus
Species:
L. tenuis
Binomial name
Lotus tenuis
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Dorycnium iberecum Koehne (1893)
    • Lotus acutus Waldst. & Kit. ex Steud. (1821)
    • Lotus campestris Schur (1877)
    • Lotus corniculatus var. filicaulis (Durieu) Brand (1898)
    • Lotus corniculatus var. longicaulis Martrin-Donos (1864)
    • Lotus corniculatus subsp. tenuis (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Syme (1864)
    • Lotus corniculatus var. tenuis (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Wahlenb. (1826)
    • Lotus corniculatus proles tenuis (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Rouy (1899)
    • Lotus corniculatus f. tenuifolius (L.) Pau (1900)
    • Lotus corniculatus subsp. tenuifolius (L.) Hartm. (1846)
    • Lotus corniculatus subsp. tenuifolius (L.) Gams (1923)
    • Lotus corniculatus var. tenuifolius L. (1753)
    • Lotus filicaulis Durieu (1847)
    • Lotus glaber Mill. (1768)
    • Lotus macbridei A.Nelson (1912)
    • Lotus minor Bishop (1826)
    • Lotus noeanus Boiss. (1856)
    • Lotus tenuifolius (L.) Rchb. (1832)
    • Lotus tenuifolius var. pubescens Meisn. (1844)
    • Lotus tenuifolius var. ramosissimus Carion (1865)

Lotus tenuis is a flowering plant of the pea family Fabaceae, native to western and southern Europe and southwest Asia. Some botanists treat it as a subspecies of Lotus corniculatus, as L. corniculatus subsp. tenuifolius.

Its tolerance of salt and poor soil make this plant useful for marginal conditions. It has become naturalised in many other locations, including the Pampas of Argentina, and parts of the United States.

Common names include narrowleaf trefoil,[2] narrow-leaved bird's-foot-trefoil,[3] slender trefoil, creeping trefoil, or prostrate trefoil.

  1. ^ "Lotus tenuis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Lotus tenuis​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.