''Ornithopus'', the bird's-foot, is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the family

Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...

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Ornithopus compressus ''Ornithopus'', the bird's-foot, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Selected species: *'' Ornithopus compressus''—yellow serradella *''Ornithopus micranthus'' *'' Ornithopus perpusillus''—little white bird's foot *'' Orn ...

''—yellow serradella *''

Ornithopus micranthus ''Ornithopus'', the bird's-foot, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Selected species: *'' Ornithopus compressus''—yellow serradella *'' Ornithopus micranthus'' *'' Ornithopus perpusillus''—little white bird's foot *'' Or ...

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Ornithopus perpusillus ''Ornithopus perpusillus'' or little white bird's-foot, is a plant species of the genus ''Ornithopus ''Ornithopus'', the bird's-foot, is a genus of flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the c ...

''—little white bird's foot *''

Ornithopus pinnatus ''Ornithopus pinnatus'', the orange birdsfoot, is a plant in the Fabaceae family. It was first described as ''Scorpiurus pinnata'' in 1768 by Philip Miller in ''The Gardeners Dictionary''. In 1907, George Claridge Druce assigned it to the genu ...

''—orange bird's foot *''

Ornithopus sativus ''Ornithopus sativus'', the serradella or common birdsfoot, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Southwestern Europe and Northwest Africa in Portugal, western Spain, northern Morocco and Algeria, and southweste ...

''—serradella, common bird's foot

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USDA: ''Ornithopus'' in North America
Loteae Fabaceae genera {{Loteae-stub