Taxon: Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth. var. unifoliolatus

See other conspecific taxa:

• Lotus unifoliolatus (17 accessions)
• Lotus unifoliolatus var. helleri (no accessions)

Common names:

• prairie bird's-foot trefoil   (Source: Websters Dict [as L. americanus]) – English
  
• prairie lotus   (Source: Websters Dict [as L. americanus]) – English
  
• prairie trefoil   (Source: Websters Dict [as L. americanus]) – English
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia [s.], Manitoba [s.], Saskatchewan [s.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Iowa [w.], Kansas, Minnesota [w.], Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas [n.-c.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada [w. (Washoe Co.)]
  Mexico [n.]

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2) [= L. purshianus Clem. & E. G. Clem.].
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep) [= L. purshianus var. purshianus].
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2. (F Ariz) [= L. purshianus Clem. & E. G. Clem.].
• Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict) [= L. americanus].

Synonyms:

• (=) Acmispon americanus (Nutt.) Rydb.
  
• (=) Hosackia americana (Nutt.) Piper
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Hosackia pilosa Nutt.
  
• (=) Hosackia purshiana Benth.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Hosackia unifoliolata Hook. (basionym)
  
• (=) Lotus americanus (Nutt.) Bisch.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (=) Lotus purshianus Clem. & E. G. Clem.
  (previously associated with 21 accessions)
• (=) Lotus purshianus var. glaber (Nutt.) Munz
  
• (=) Lotus sericeus Pursh
  
• (=) Trigonella americana Nutt.
  

Check other databases for Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth. var. unifoliolatus:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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