''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 (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the legume family,

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. It includes six species and one natural hybrid native to Europe,

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, the eastern Mediterranean, northwest Africa, and Iran, and from southern Brazil to northeastern Argentina in South America. *'' Ornithopus × bardiei'' *'' Ornithopus compressus'' — yellow serradella *'' Ornithopus micranthus'' *''

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 plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes six species and one natural hybrid ...

'' — little white bird's foot *'' Ornithopus pinnatus'' — 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 southwester ...

'' — serradella, common bird's foot *'' Ornithopus uncinatus''

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USDA: ''Ornithopus'' in North America
Loteae Fabaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Loteae-stub