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§1 Plant

Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth. var. unifoliolatus

vernacular American bird's-foot trefoil — variety · Fabaceae


USDA
LOUNU
GBIF
6372375 syn.
Rank
variety
American bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus)
Platephotograph · Ken-ichi UedaCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§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
Legend Native · 257 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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
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
New York view state ↗ 1 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 38 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 22 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 27 N
Texas view state ↗ 23 N
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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