{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image=Ornithopus sativus flower, serradelle bloem.jpg |image_caption=In bloom |image2=Ornithopus sativus — Flora Batava — Volume v15.jpg |image2_caption=Botanical illustration |genus=Ornithopus |species=sativus |authority=Brot. |synonyms_ref=<ref name="510872-1" /> |synonyms={{Collapsible list| *''Coronilla serradella'' <small>E.H.L.Krause</small> *''Ornithopodium sativum'' <small>(Brot.) Kuntze</small> *''Ornithopus'' × ''macrorrhynchus'' <small>(Willk.) Klink. & O.Schwarz</small> *''Ornithopus monocarpus'' <small>Sennen & Elías</small> *''Ornithopus roseus'' <small>Dufour</small> *''Ornithopus sativus'' subsp. ''roseus'' <small>(Dufour) Alsina</small> }}}}
'''''Ornithopus sativus''''', the '''serradella''' or '''common birdsfoot''', is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.<ref name="23086-1" >{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510872-1 |title=''Ornithopus'' L. |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=28 July 2021 }}</ref> It is native to Southwestern Europe and Northwest Africa in Portugal, western Spain, northern Morocco and Algeria, and southwestern France and has been introduced as a legume forage to many locations around the world, including most of central and eastern Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, the Azores, South Africa, Kenya, Java, most of Australia, the North Island of New Zealand, southern Chile, and California.<ref name="510872-1" >{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510872-1 |title=''Ornithopus sativus'' Brot. |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=28 July 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ornithopus sativus |url=http://www.floraiberica.es/floraiberica/texto/pdfs/07_49%20Ornithopus.pdf |publisher=Flora Iberica |access-date=28 May 2022}}</ref> It is known for producing a high{{nbh}}quality forage in highly acidic, nutrient{{nbh}}poor soils.<ref name="1_of_2230_Google_Scholar_Hits" >{{cite journal |title=The breeding system of ''Ornithopus sativus'' Brot. subsp. ''sativus'' |year=2021 |last1=Nutt |first1=Bradley J. |last2=Harrison |first2=Robert J. |last3=McComb |first3=Jen A. |last4=Howieson |first4=John G. |journal=Grass and Forage Science |volume=76 |issue=1 |pages=3–9 |doi=10.1111/gfs.12521 |bibcode=2021GForS..76....3N }}</ref>
==Subtaxa== The following subtaxa are accepted:<ref name="510872-1" /> *''Ornithopus sativus'' nothosubsp. ''macrorrhynchus'' <small>(Willk.) Talavera, Arista & P.L.Ortiz</small> *''Ornithopus sativus'' subsp. ''sativus''
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Category:Loteae Category:Forages Category:Flora of Portugal Category:Flora of Spain Category:Flora of France Category:Flora of the Azores Category:Flora of Madeira Category:Flora of Morocco Category:Flora of Algeria Category:Plants described in 1804
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