Lotus cruentus Court GRIN-Global

Taxon: Lotus cruentus Court

Summary

Genus:

Lotus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Loteae

Nomen number:

406275

Place of publication:

Vict. Naturalist 73:174. 1957

Verified:

10/30/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

51 (48 active, 17 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Brockwell, J. & C. A. Neal-Smith. 1966. Effective nodulation of hairy canary clover Dorycnium hirsutum (L.) Ser. in DC. Field Sta. Rec. Div. Pl. Industr. C.S.I.R.O. 5(1):9-15.
Green, J. W. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. 1985
Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Stanley, T. D. & E. M. Ross. Flora of south-eastern Queensland. 1983-1989
Willis, J. H. A handbook to plants in Victoria. 1970-1972

Common names

English
red bird's-foot trefoil –
red-flower lotus –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	New South Wales
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Northern Territory
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	South Australia
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Victoria
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Western Australia

Native
Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993

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://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=406275. Accessed 20 July 2025.