Ornithopus L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 182

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293200

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scientific name

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

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

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