Common Name: birdfoot trefoilScientific Name: Lotus corniculatus L.Family Name: Fabaceae (Leguminosae) - Pea or Bean FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed, stolons and rhizomes Stemsprostrate to upright, glabrous to sometimes pubescent, branched Leavescompound, 5 leaflets; leaflets pointed, elliptic to linear, sessile, 3 leaflets apical, 2 leaflet basal resemble stipules Flowersbright yellow, long stalked; 3-10 in flat-topped umbel; axillary and terminal Seed Podslong, spurred tip, resembles bird's foot