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Lotus pedunculatus subsp. pedunculatus

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Lotus

greater bird's foot trefoil

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Perennial herbs, usually with a woody rootstock.

Stems: Stems erect or prostrate, hollow, 3–10 dm long, vegetative parts glabrate (outside Hawai‘i also villous).

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound. Alternate. Leaflets usually obovate, 8–25 mm long, 3–15 mm wide. Leaves appearing trifoliate, but actually pinnately 5–foliate with a basally placed pair of leaflets. Surfaces sparsely long–villous especially toward margins. Leaflet margins entire. Petiolate. Stipules present.

Flowers: Flowers 5–12(–15) in heads, peduncles 1–2 mm long. Flowers papilionaceous. Calyx teeth about as long as the tube, the upper pair separated by an acute sinus in bud, sparsely long–villous, 5-toothed. Corolla yellow, 10–18 mm long, keel often red–tipped, standard obovate, wing petals oblong, auriculate, keel petals as long as wings, curved. Stamens 10; upper stamen distinct, the other 9 connate into a tube, alternately with longer filaments that are widened at apex. Ovary superior; ovules numerous; style 1; style 1, apical, bent abruptly upward at base.

Fruit: Pods straight; dehiscent with twisted valves; cylindrical; 15–35 mm long; 2–2.5 mm wide. Seeds numerous; small.

Ploidy: 2n = 12; 24

Habitat: Pastures.

Elevation Range: ca. 1,340 m.

Historical Distribution

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Synonyms (40)

Lotus cantabricus Sennen (1936)
Lotus corniculatus f. hirsutus Wallr. (1822)
Lotus corniculatus proles decumbens (Poir.) Rouy (1899)
Lotus corniculatus subsp. decumbens (Poir.) Merino (1909)
Lotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutus (Wallr.) Schübl. & G.Martens (1834)
Lotus corniculatus subsp. major (Scop.) Ehrh. (1780)
Lotus corniculatus subsp. uliginosus (Schkuhr) Briq. (1913)
Lotus corniculatus subsp. valdepilosus (Schur) Kerguélen (1994)
Lotus corniculatus var. carnosus Wahlb. (1820)
Lotus corniculatus var. decumbens (Poir.) Bolzon (1911)
Lotus corniculatus var. major (Scop.) Ser. (1825)
Lotus corniculatus var. palustris Fr. (1818)
Lotus corniculatus var. uliginosus (Schkuhr) Wallr. (1822)
Lotus corniculatus var. villosus St.-Lag. (1889)
Lotus decumbens Poir. (1814)
Lotus major Scop. (1771)
Lotus major var. pilosus Gray (1822)
Lotus nummularius Rchb. ex Steud. (1841)
Lotus pedunculatus var. glabriusculus (Bab.) O.Bolòs & Vigo (1974)
Lotus pedunculatus var. major (Scop.) Jahand. & Maire (1932)
Lotus pedunculatus var. pilosus (Brand) Jahand. & Maire (1932)
Lotus pedunculatus var. villosus (Lamotte) O.Bolòs & Vigo (1974)
Lotus pilosus Beeke (1805)
Lotus pisifolius Lowe (1888)
Lotus tenuis subsp. decumbens (Poir.) Nyman (1878)
Lotus trifoliolatus Eastw. (1940)
Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr (1796)
Lotus uliginosus subsp. decumbens (Poir.) Arcang. (1882)
Lotus uliginosus subsp. pisifolius (Lowe) Menezes (1914)
Lotus uliginosus var. brachycarpus Willk. (1891)
Lotus uliginosus var. glabriusculus Bab. (1847)
Lotus uliginosus var. pilosus Brand (1898)
Lotus uliginosus var. pisifolius (Lowe) Lowe (1862)
Lotus uliginosus var. villosus Lamotte (1876)
Lotus valdepilosus Schur (1866)
Lotus villosus Thuill. (1799)
Lotus vindicatus Boenn. ex W.D.J.Koch (1839)
Mullaghera decumbens (Poir.) Bubani (1899)
Mullaghera uliginosa (Schkuhr) Bubani (1899)
Tetragonolobus scandalida Bernh. (1800)

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • 340 m
  • Description digitized by Tiffany Flood
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • First collected on Hawai'i in 1938 (Hosaka 2349, BISH).

Bibliography

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:681 (Mo, M, H [as L. uliginosus]); Lorence et al. 1995:37 (K); Kramina et al. 2016/POWO 2025 (Syn. L. uliginosus = L. p. subsp. pedunculatus)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lotus pedunculatus subsp. pedunculatus Kahuku Ranch, on road to silverswords Preserved_Specimen Stemmermann, R.L. 1128 Hawaii BISH 1976-07-24
2 Lotus pedunculatus subsp. pedunculatus Keauhou Ranch Growing in skid trail with Macrolaena. Disturbed closed Acacia - Metrosideros forest. Preserved_Specimen Herb 2 1/2' tall, patch 4' x 3'. Flowers bright golden yellow. Davis, J. 303 Hawaii BISH 1980-06-25
3 Lotus pedunculatus subsp. pedunculatus Lihue, Hwy. 50 and Half Way Bridge dry slopes; recently hydromulched road cuts Preserved_Specimen Corolla yellow, red tinged in bud Wagner, W.L. 6319 Kauai BISH 1990-06-09
4 Lotus pedunculatus subsp. pedunculatus Keauhou Ranch, Kau District, Koa reforestation area, increment 3 On fenceline, growing with Pennisetum, Anthoxanthum, and Festuca. Preserved_Specimen Prostrate to 1 1/2 ft. tall. FLowers yellow. Cuddihy, L.W. 125 Hawaii BISH 1980-01-14
5 Lotus pedunculatus subsp. pedunculatus South Hilo District, Waiakea. Collected along Stainback Highway corridor Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. Hawaii BISH 1999-04-23
6 Lotus pedunculatus subsp. pedunculatus W Maui, Lahaina District, Honolua between Honolua Valley and Mokupea Gulch Growing in cattle pen in pasture. Preserved_Specimen Flowers bright yellow. Oppenheimer, H.L. 80109 Maui BISH 2001-08-08
7 Lotus pedunculatus subsp. pedunculatus East Maui, Makawao District, Pulehunui. Growing at edge of pasture and paved rd Preserved_Specimen Woody at base and lower stems, flowers bright yellow. Oppenheimer, H.L. 61801 Maui BISH 2018-06-14
8 Lotus pedunculatus subsp. pedunculatus Makawao, Haleakala Br. Sta grass garden Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 2671 Maui BISH 1943-07-29
9 Lotus pedunculatus subsp. pedunculatus Keauhou Ranch, Kau District Growing in pasture with patches of remnant closed Metrosideros - Acacia forest. Preserved_Specimen A low herbaceous legume. Cuddihy, L.W. 43 Hawaii BISH 1979-08-09
10 Lotus pedunculatus subsp. pedunculatus Kamoku Flats tall grass along jeep road Preserved_Specimen flowers bright yellow; creeping perennial Nagata, K.M. 2680 Molokai BISH 1983-07-27
11 Lotus pedunculatus subsp. pedunculatus Puuwaawaa Ranch, N.Kona grasses, Verbena, and Rubus near water sheds Preserved_Specimen decumbent, mat-forming Nagata, K.M. 1729 Hawaii BISH 1978-07-26
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