Ornithopus L.
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64. Ornithopus L. View in CoL 1
Annual. Leaves imparipinnate; stipules small, free, linear. Flowers in axillary heads. Calyx tubular or campanulate, with 5 equal teeth; keel obtuse; stamens diadelphous. Legume lomentose, terete or compressed, usually constricted between the segments, strongly reticulate.
All species occur in dry, often acid, sandy places, or as ruderals.
1 Heads ebracteate or with minute scarious bracts
4. pinnatus
1 Heads subtended by a pinnate leafy bract
2 Corolla yellow; legume not or only slightly contracted between the segments 1. compressus
2 Corolla pink or white; legume strongly contracted between the segments
3 Corolla 6 mm or more; bracts shorter than the flowers, usually about equalling the calyx 2. sativus
3 Corolla not more than 5 mm; bracts much longer than the flowers 3. perpusillus
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