Plants : FabaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Lotus pedunculatus Cav.

Large Bird's-foot-trefoil

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Lotus pedunculatus

Description: Generally a taller plant than the very similar Lotus corniculatus and with a hollow stem (solid in L. corniculatus). It is found in grassy places, roadside banks etc.

All names: Lotus pedunculatus Cav.; Lotus uliginosus Schk.; Lotus major auct.

Distribution Map from NBN: Lotus pedunculatus at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Lotus pedunculatus at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Lotus pedunculatus. Cav.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3260. Accessed on 2026-11-02.