Lotus tenuis Calflora

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Taxon Report

Lotus tenuis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.

Narrow-leaf bird's-foot trefoil

2018 Julian Geoghegan

2021 Ken Hickman

2018 Julian Geoghegan

2014 Richard Chasey

2022 Diana Wahl

2018 Julian Geoghegan

Lotus tenuis is a perennial herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~114 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Lotus
Family:	Fabaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Lotus corniculatus var. tenuifolius

Information about Lotus tenuis from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (LOGL10) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).