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Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 6-10 inch
Plant Spread: 16 inch
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds thin
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Bird's Foot Trefoil
  • Baby's Slippers
  • Bacon and Eggs
  • Hop-o-My-Thumb
  • Devil's Claw
  • Five fingers

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Location: Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2018-07-02
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Date: 2018-07-22
Location: Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 2010-07-20
Uploaded by Ursula
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-01
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: June 18, 2022
Bird's foot trefoil #231; RAB p. 597, 98-17-2; LHB p. 571, 96-43-
Location: Canada
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Havoc Hall garden, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2022-06-26
Wild flower meadow
Location: Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 2010-07-20
Location: Skaneateles Conservation Area
photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher
Location: Heathcote Ontario Canada
Date: 2021 July-August  
Lotus corniculatus Our farm front driveway. We love it
Location: Maine
Location: Russia, Western Caucasus, Lagonaki Plateau
Date: 2022-07-08
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: June 18, 2022
Bird's foot trefoil #231; RAB p. 597, 98-17-2; LHB p. 571, 96-43-
Uploaded by threegardeners
Location: Aberdeen, NC 
Date: July 9, 1984
Bird's foot trefoil #231; RAB p. 597, 98-17-2; LHB p. 571, 96-43-
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-01
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-01
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-07-11

Date: 2018-06-09
Location: Aberdeen, NC 
Date: July 9, 1984
Bird's foot trefoil #231; RAB p. 597, 98-17-2; LHB p. 571, 96-43-
Location: Aberdeen, NC 
Date: July 9, 1984
Bird's foot trefoil #231; RAB p. 597, 98-17-2; LHB p. 571, 96-43-
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-01
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-01
Location: Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 2010-07-20
Location: Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 2014-07-10
Location: Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 2014-07-10
Location: Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 2014-07-10

Date: 2018-06-09

Date: 2018-06-09
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-01
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-07-11
Location: Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 2010-07-20

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden Indiana
Date: 2015-08-01
 seedling of Bird'sfoot trefoil
Location: Nosterfield Nature Reserve
Date: 2020-05-30

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Heathcote Ontario Canada
Date: 2021 August
Lotus corniculatus   In our meadow Wonderful!
Location: Bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) on Point Reyes Fire Lane Trail
Date: 2010-05-14
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira
Uploaded by threegardeners
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