PLANTS Profile for Lotus oblongifolius (streambank bird's-foot trefoil)

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Lotus oblongifolius (Benth.) Greene
streambank bird's-foot trefoil

Symbol:

LOOB2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Lotus oblongifolius (Benth.) 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 oblongifolius (Benth.) Greene

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Distribution:
Lotus oblongifolius (Benth.) Greene


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USA (AZ, CA, NV, OR)

Related Taxa:
Lotus oblongifolius (Benth.) 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 oblongifolius (Benth.) Greene var. cupreus (Greene) Ottley. .

Lotus oblongifolius var. cupreus
streambank bird's-foot trefoil

Distribution of Lotus oblongifolius (Benth.) Greene var. oblongifolius. .

Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius
streambank bird's-foot trefoil

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Lotus oblongifolius (Benth.) 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 oblongifolius (Benth.) Greene – streambank bird's-foot trefoil

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Lotus oblongifolius (Benth.) Greene

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Lotus cupreus [=LOOBC]:

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Reg. 0

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OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lotus oblongifolius (Benth.) 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 26394.

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

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 03:43 AM CDT