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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lotus uliginosus''
| image = Lotus uliginosus.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Loteae]]
| genus = ''[[Lotus (genus)|Lotus]]''
| species = '''''L. uliginosus'''''
| binomial = ''Lotus uliginosus''
| binomial_authority = Schkuhr.
}}
'''''Lotus uliginosus''''' or '''Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil''' is a member of the Pea Family ([[Fabaceae]]). It occurs in damp locations throughout [[Europe]]. As the common name suggests, it is a larger plant than the related [[Lotus corniculatus|Common Bird's-foot Trefoil]], growing to 20-80 cm tall, with larger (particularly broader) [[leaf|leaflets]] 10-25 mm long and 10-20 mm broad. The [[flower]]s are very similar.
Other names include the [[synonymy|synonym]] ''Lotus pedunculatus'', and the common names Greater Birdsfoot trefoil, Big Trefoil, Large Bird's-foot Trefoil.
== External links ==
* [http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/thumbnails/html/lotus_uliginosus.htm Photos of ''L. uliginosus'']
* [http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/gallery/pictures/lotusul.htm More photos of ''L. uliginosus'']
* [http://www.floralimages.co.uk/plotuspedun.htm More photos]
[[Category:Faboideae]]
[[Category:Forages]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lotus uliginosus''
| image = Lotus uliginosus.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Loteae]]
| genus = ''[[Lotus (genus)|Lotus]]''
| species = '''''L. uliginosus'''''
| binomial = ''Lotus uliginosus''
| binomial_authority = Schkuhr.
}}
'''''Lotus uliginosus''''' or '''Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil''' is a member of the Pea Family ([[Fabaceae]]). It occurs in damp locations throughout [[Europe]]. As the common name suggests, it is a larger plant than the related [[Lotus corniculatus|Common Bird's-foot Trefoil]], growing to 20-80 cm tall, with larger (particularly broader) [[leaf|leaflets]] 10-25 mm long and 10-20 mm broad. The [[flower]]s are very similar.
Other names include the [[synonymy|synonym]] ''Lotus pedunculatus'', and the common names Greater Birdsfoot trefoil, Big Trefoil, Large Bird's-foot Trefoil.
== External links ==
* [http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/thumbnails/html/lotus_uliginosus.htm Photos of ''L. uliginosus'']
* [http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/gallery/pictures/lotusul.htm More photos of ''L. uliginosus'']
* [http://www.floralimages.co.uk/plotuspedun.htm More photos]
[[Category:Faboideae]]
[[Category:Forages]]
