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Fabaceae
Narrowleaf bird's-foot trefoil
Lotus tenuis
Also known as Narrowleaf trefoil, Slender bird's-foot trefoil, Lotus tenuis, Lotus noeanus
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trefoil · Ground Cover · Pollinator · Perennial · Meadow · Legume · Low Maintenance · Yellow Flowers · Fabaceae · Wildflower
Narrowleaf bird's-foot trefoil is a tough, adaptable perennial legume that grows well in full sun to partial shade with average moisture. It is low-maintenance once established and works well as a ground cover or meadow plant. Its yellow flowers attract bees and butterflies, making it a good choice for pollinator gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing soil to approach dryness between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–7.9
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, Colorado, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Egypt
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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