Lotus cytisoides L., 1753 33% complete

Grey bird's-foot-trefoil

Sp. Pl.: 776 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Lotus cytisoides, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced10 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 776 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Grey bird's-foot-trefoil No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Medit. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 10 cm Differs from sources
Biological type chamaephyte Sourced
Flower color yellow
  • yellow · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months apr, may, jun
  • apr|may|jun · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Differs from sources
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity
  • 5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Light 9 / 9 · full sun
  • 9 / 9 · full sun · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation High Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7
  • pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 6.5
  • pH 6.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil salinity 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline)
  • 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Other
Human usage type —
  • salt_tolerant_ornamental, sand_stabilization · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 341, 414
Not on the record