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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Fabaceae
Lotus corniculatus L.
bird's-foot deer-vetch, bird's-foot trefoil
Lotus: from Greek and originally applied to a fruit which was said to make those who tasted it forget their homes
corniculatus: horned
Hazardous 
Invasive - Eradicate!
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized; ecologically invasive |
| Plant: | erect to drooping, perennial, 6"-24" tall, mostly smooth forb; taprooted |
| Flower: | yellow turning orange with brick-red marks, 5-parted, 1/3"-1/2" long; inflorescence a long-stalked, rounded, head-like cluster (umbel) of 4 to 8 stalked flowers from the upper leaf axils; blooms June-Aug. |
| Leaf: | mostly stalkless, 5-parted with the lower 2 leaflets separated from the other 3 crowded leaflets |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites |
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