Index / Search / Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus
§1 Plant
Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth. var. unifoliolatus
vernacular American bird's-foot trefoil — variety · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Lotus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 257 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 257 counties across 17 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Anderson 20003
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Crawford 20037
- Edwards 20047
- Ellsworth 20053
- Grant 20067
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jewell 20089
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Washington 20201
- Woodson 20207
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Butler 31023
- Cass 31025
- Cherry 31031
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dodge 31053
- Fillmore 31059
- Garden 31069
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Loup 31115
- McPherson 31117
- Morrill 31123
- Nuckolls 31129
- Phelps 31137
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
- York 31185
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Cass 38017
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Grant 38037
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Atoka 40005
- Caddo 40015
- Canadian 40017
- Carter 40019
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Custer 40039
- Grant 40053
- Greer 40055
- Johnston 40069
- Kingfisher 40073
- Marshall 40095
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Pushmataha 40127
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
South Dakota view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Beadle 46005
- Bennett 46007
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brookings 46011
- Brown 46013
- Buffalo 46017
- Butte 46019
- Corson 46031
- Edmunds 46045
- Faulk 46049
- Gregory 46053
- Hamlin 46057
- Hanson 46061
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Hyde 46069
- Jones 46075
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Meade 46093
- Mellette 46095
- Pennington 46103
- Stanley 46117
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Walworth 46129
Texas view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Blanco 48031
- Burnet 48053
- Cooke 48097
- Dallas 48113
- Delta 48119
- Fannin 48147
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Jack 48237
- Johnson 48251
- Llano 48299
- Marion 48315
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- San Saba 48411
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Walker 48471
- Wise 48497
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LOUNU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6372375 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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