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Taxon:  Ornithopus sativus Brot.



Summary
Genus:
Ornithopus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Loteae
Nomen number:
26023
Place of publication:
Fl. lusit. 2:160. 1805
Verified:
07/10/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Ornithopus sativus Brot. nothosubsp. macrorrhynchus (Willk.) Talavera et al. (0 active accession[s])
Ornithopus sativus Brot. subsp. isthmocarpus (Coss.) Dostál (0 active accession[s])
Ornithopus sativus Brot. subsp. sativus (0 active accession[s])
Ornithopus sativus Brot. subsp. sativus var. sativus (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ornithopus roseus Dufour
Ornithopus roseus Dufour var. roseus
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Reference(s)
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  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  3. Alsina Aser, M. 1987. Nuevas combinaciones en Ornithipus sativus (Leguminosae). Taxon 36:645. Note: proposes neotype
  4. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  5. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  6. Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
  7. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  9. Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412.
  10. Guo, Y. J. et al. 2012. Tolerance of the annual legumes Biserrula pelecinus, Ornithopus sativa, Trifolium spumosum, T. vesiculosum and T. subterraneum to soil acidity. New Zealand J. Agric. Res. 55:1-14.
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  13. Jordanov, D. et al., eds. 1963-1982. Flora na narodna republika Balgarija.
  14. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Note: with two varieties
  15. Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
  16. Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
  17. Pinto da Silva, A. R. 1989. Ornithipus sativus Brotero (Leguminosae) - proposta de novo neotipo. Taxon 38:293-295. Note: contests Alsina's neotypification
  18. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  19. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  20. Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
  21. Smythies, B. E. 1984-1986. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882.
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  23. Visnevschi-Necrasov, T. et al. 2012. Phylogeny and genetic diversity within Iberian populations of Ornithopus L. and Biserrula L. estimated using ITS DNA sequences. Spanish J. Agric. Res. 10:149-154.
Common names
English
French serradella –
pink-flower serradella –
serradella –
French
pied d'oiseau –
serradelle –
German
Serradella –
Italian
serradella –
Portuguese
serradela –
serradella –
Swedish
serradella –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria w.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance s.w.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (w.), Morocco
Europe
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (s.w.), Portugal
Cultivated
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Western Australia]
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforagegrazingDuke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Environmentalsoil improver Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=26023. Accessed 15 May 2025.