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Fabaceae
Greater bird's-foot trefoil
Lotus pedunculatus
Also known as Lotus corniculatus subsp. decumbens, Large bird's-foot trefoil, Lotus uliginosus var. brachycarpus, Marsh bird's-foot trefoil
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Wildflower · Pollinator · Yellow Flowers · Legume · Meadow · Wetland · Naturalize
This nitrogen-fixing legume produces bright yellow flowers and thrives in moist meadows and wetland edges. It's excellent for pollinator gardens and naturalizing in wild areas with minimal maintenance required. Tolerates wet conditions better than most flowering perennials.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water when top inch of soil feels dry · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.3
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Antipodean Is., Argentina South, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Easter Is., Egypt
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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