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SCFBio, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Medicinal Plant TaxID: 47247

Lotus corniculatus

Family: Fabaceae • Common: Common Birdsfoot Trefoil; Creeping trefoil; Narrow-leaved bird's-foot-trefoil; Narrowleaf trefoil; Prostrate trefoil; Slender trefoil
214 Compounds Japan; Korea; Macaronesia to North-East and East Tropical Africa; Nansei-shoto; South-West Arabian Peninsula; Taiwan; Tempearte Eurasia

Overview

Species Lotus corniculatus
Habit Perennial herb
Habitat Grasslands; Pinus plantations; Roadsides; abandoned fields; alongside irrigation channels and streams; alpine mead¬≠ows; alpine mead­ows; banks; cultivated ground; 400 - 3400 m. altitude; cultivated ground; 400-3400 m. altitude; damp meadows; disturbed ground; open; dry hill pastures; grassy places; lake banks; mountain meadows; often sandy locations; ravine slopes; ravines; rice fields; river valleys; river val¬≠leys; river val­leys; roadsides; rocky slopes; rocky slopes; below 3100 m. altitude; scrub; thickets
Distribution (India)
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