PLANTS Profile for Lotus nevadensis (Nevada bird's-foot trefoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene
Nevada bird's-foot trefoil

Symbol:

LONE4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		I

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Photo of Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene

Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene

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Distribution:
Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, ID, NV, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 72 species in Lotus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene var. davidsonii (Greene) Isely. .

Lotus nevadensis var. davidsonii
Davidson's bird's-foot trefoil

Distribution of Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene var. douglasii (Greene) Ottley. . Image Available.

Lotus nevadensis var. douglasii
Douglas' bird's-foot trefoil

Distribution of Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene var. nevadensis. .

Lotus nevadensis var. nevadensis
Nevada bird's-foot trefoil

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Lotus L. – trefoil
Species	Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene – Nevada bird's-foot trefoil

Introduced Information:
Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Lotus nevadensis (S. Watson) Greene

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503557.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 02:55 PM CDT