PLANTS Profile for Lotus plebeius (New Mexico bird's-foot trefoil)

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Lotus plebeius (Brandegee) Barneby
New Mexico bird's-foot trefoil

Symbol:

LOPL2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

L48

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Lotus neomexicanus

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, NM. Usage Requirements.

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Lotus plebeius (Brandegee) Barneby

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Synonyms:
Lotus plebeius (Brandegee) Barneby

	HOPUN	Hosackia puberula Benth. var. nana A. Gray
	LOLO	Lotus longebracteatus Rydb.
	LONE3	Lotus neomexicanus Greene
	LONU5	Lotus ×nummularius (M.E. Jones) Tidestr.
	LOOR2	Lotus oroboides auct. non (Kunth) Ottley
	LOORN	Lotus oroboides (Kunth) Ottley var. nanus (A. Gray) Isely
	LOORN2	Lotus oroboides (Kunth) Ottley var. nummularius (M.E. Jones) Isely

Distribution:
Lotus plebeius (Brandegee) Barneby


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Related Taxa:
Lotus plebeius (Brandegee) Barneby

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 72 species in Lotus

Classification:
Lotus plebeius (Brandegee) Barneby

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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 plebeius (Brandegee) Barneby – New Mexico bird's-foot trefoil

More Accounts and Images:
Lotus plebeius (Brandegee) Barneby

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503560.

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

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 12:23 AM CDT