Transformational Gardening


Bird's-Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus): Images

Date Location Notes Images
May 28, 2010 Southeastern, New Hampshire The very distinctive perennial herb, Bird‘s-Foot Trefoil. 3-6 yellow pea-like flowers form an umbrel at the top of the stem. The flowers have an appearance of a bird‘s foot. Leaves are compound, made up of 3 cover-like leaflets. At the base of the leaf stalk are two stipules that also look like clover leaves and sometimes give the appearance that the leaf has 5 leaflets. See images below and to the right to see the leaflets and stipules. The plant is many-stemmed and can grow from 6 to 24 inches high.