Birdsfoot Trefoil

Common Name: Birdsfoot Trefoil

Botanical Name: Lotus corniculatus L.

Family: Fabaceae

Life Cycle: Perennial (Spreads by rhizomes, stolons and seeds)

Defining Identification Characteristics:

• Stolons and rhizomes create large colonies

• Leaves with three leaflets (trifoliate)

• Bright yellow flowers that look like pea flowers (bilateral)

Common habitat:

• Turfgrass

• Meadows

Noxious Weed List/Legal Status:

Eradicate Control Restricted Specially Regulated Not Listed

Additional Information:

• BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL