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|species=corniculatus
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Lotus corniculatus, Linn. Bird's-foot Trefoil. Babies' Slippers. Perennial, prostrate or ascending, a few in. to 2 ft. high, glabrous or hairy: lfts. obovate or ovate, ½ in. long, the 2 stipular ones broader and very oblique: fls. yellow, often tinged bright red, 5-10 in an umbel; calyx-lobes about as long as the tube. Temperate regions and Austral.; run wild at certain places in U. S. and Canada. Var. flore-pleno has showy double fls.— A hardy trailer for covering dry banks and rockwork, blooming all summer and autumn. Also grown for forage.
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