Birds-Foot Trefoil

Description: Occurs in the east third of Kansas. Lotus corniculatus is a common flowering plant native to grassland temperate ... more

Birds-Foot Trefoil ... Eurasia and North Africa. The orthography of the common name is variously given as Bird's-foot Trefoil, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Birdfoot Trefoil, or Bird's Foot Trefoil; it is also known in cultivation in North America as Birdfoot Deervetch.

Newest Review: ... is good for fixing nitrogen in the soil. It is good to use a green manure Plants are available to buy at 46p each from http://www.wildflowers.co.uk/ 3 plants cost £9 from http://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk Seeds are available from http://www.englishplants.co.uk/store/the re are about 500 seeds in a 1g packet. Farmers like this plant in the meadow as it helps reduce the bloat in greedy ... more

... cattles tummies , also it is thought to be good for sheep as sheep that graze on it suffer from parasites less . Whatever you do, do not remove plants from the countryside I think it’s illegal. Also you will destroy that habitat. ....more

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Birds-Foot Trefoil: Seed pods look like a claw (709 words)
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Birds foot trefoil, eggs and bacon as I used to call it when I was a nipper. Lotus corniculatus It is a member of the Leguminoseae family. I have some growing on my wildflower “lawn” Bird’s foot trefoil is a perennial it grows on short grassland grows in meadows and on grass verges. First to describe this plant. Slender stems can grow 10 to 40 cm tall these stems have stems branching out from them. .It has 5 leaves 3 of which grow trifoliate look like a trefoil. The flowers are a bright yellow with a few orange streaks hence the eggs and bacon name. These look like a pea/ bean flower. 4 -6 of these flowers grow in a cluster at the ... Read the complete review

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