Ornithopus pinnatus
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| Ornithopus pinnatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Ornithopus |
| Species: | O. pinnatus |
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| Ornithopus pinnatus | |
Ornithopus pinnatus, the orange birdsfoot,[3] is a plant in the Fabaceae family.[1] It was first described as Scorpiurus pinnata in 1768 by Philip Miller in The Gardeners Dictionary.[1][4] In 1907, George Claridge Druce assigned it to the genus Ornithopus.[1][2]
It is native to Western Europe, the Mediterranean Region and Macaronesia but is found elsewhere as an introduced species.[5][6][3]
