Ornithopus sativus, also known as serradella or common birdsfoot, is a flowering plant in the Fabaceae family. It is native to Southwestern Europe and Northwest Africa and has been introduced to many other regions as a forage crop. It is well-adapted to acidic and nutrient-poor soils and is known for producing high-quality forage. There are two accepted subtaxa of this species.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Coronilla serradella	E.H.L.Krause	J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 9: 86 (1901)
Ornithopodium sativum	(Brot.) Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl.1: 199 (1891)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	serradella
English	common bird's-foot
Arabic	رجل الطير المزروع
Belarusian	Сырадэля пасяўная
Belarusian	Сэрадэль
Belarusian	Серадоля
Belarusian	Сарадэля
Belarusian	Сарадэла
Czech	ptačí noha setá
Welsh	seradela
German	echte serradella
Estonian	põld-linnujalg
Finnish	peltolinnunjalka
Lithuanian	sėjamoji seradėlė
Dutch	serradelle
Polish	seradela siewna
Polish	seradela pastewna
Russian	Сераделла посевная
Russian	Птиценожка
Swedish	serradella
Chinese	栽培鸟爪豆

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Ornithopus sativus subsp. isthmocarpus	(Coss.) Dostal	Kvetena CSR, ed. 2: 788 (1948)
Ornithopus sativus subsp. macrorrhynchus	(Willk.) Talavera, Arista & P.L.Ortiz	Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid57: 227 (1999)
Ornithopus sativus subsp. sativus	Brot.	Unknown

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

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Forms (abbr. f.) Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct

- Introduced

- Native

Africa click to expand
- East Tropical Africa
  - Tanzania
- Macaronesia
  - Azores
  - Madeira
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria
  - Morocco
- Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Caucasus
  - Transcaucasus
- Western Asia
  - Turkey

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Malesia
  - Jawa

Australasia click to expand
- Australia
  - New South Wales
  - South Australia
  - Tasmania
  - Victoria
  - Western Australia
- New Zealand
  - New Zealand North

Europe click to expand
- Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States
  - Belarus
  - Central European Russia
  - East European Russia
  - North European Russia
  - Northwest European Russia
  - Ukraine
- Middle Europe
  - Austria
  - Belgium
  - Czechoslovakia
  - Germany
  - Poland
- Southeastern Europe
  - Bulgaria
- Southwestern Europe
  - France
  - Portugal
  - Spain

Northern America click to expand
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - New York
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California

Southern America click to expand
- Southern South America
  - Chile South

Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000205829
USDA Plants	ORSA2
Tropicos	13065190
INPN	111424
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510872-1
The Plant List	ild-5208
Open Tree Of Life	640678
Observations.org	7127
NCBI Taxonomy	181292
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000014022
Nature Serve	2.161441
IPNI	510872-1
iNaturalist	78284
GBIF	5358266
EPPO	OROSA
EOL	688443
Elurikkus	6011
Calflora (Californian flora)	5962
USDA GRIN	26023
Wikipedia	Ornithopus_sativus

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Australian Cool-Season Pulse Seed-Borne Virus Research: 1. Alfalfa and Cucumber Mosaic Viruses and Less Important Viruses

Jones RA, Congdon BS

Viruses

18-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10819373
doi:	10.3390/v16010144
PMID:	38257844

Embryo Rescue in Plant Breeding

Rogo U, Fambrini M, Pugliesi C

Plants (Basel)

29-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10489947
doi:	10.3390/plants12173106
PMID:	37687352

Sustainable Weed Management

Restuccia A, Scavo A

Plants (Basel)

17-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10144509
doi:	10.3390/plants12081673
PMID:	37111896

Soil Suppressiveness Against Pythium ultimum and Rhizoctonia solani in Two Land Management Systems and Eleven Soil Health Treatments

Kurm V, Visser J, Schilder M, Nijhuis E, Postma J, Korthals G

Microb Ecol

31-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10497426
doi:	10.1007/s00248-023-02215-9
PMID:	37000231

Functional Groups Response to Water Deficit in Mediterranean Ecosystems

Castro H, Dias MC, Sousa JP, Freitas H

Plants (Basel)

27-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10096716
doi:	10.3390/plants12071471
PMID:	37050097

Chickpea and Lupin Sprouts, Stimulated by Different LED Lights, As Novel Examples of Isoflavones-Rich Functional Food, and Their Impact on Breast and Prostate Cells

Galanty A, Zagrodzki P, Miret M, Paśko P

Molecules

18-Dec-2022

PMCID:	PMC9781113
doi:	10.3390/molecules27249030
PMID:	36558162

Mixture × Genotype Effects in Cereal/Legume Intercropping

Demie DT, Döring TF, Finckh MR, van der Werf W, Enjalbert J, Seidel SJ

Front Plant Sci

01-Apr-2022

PMCID:	PMC9011192
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2022.846720
PMID:	35432405

Comparative analysis of four complete mitogenomes from hoverfly genus Eristalinus with phylogenetic implications

Li H, Li J

Sci Rep

09-Mar-2022

PMCID:	PMC8907203
doi:	10.1038/s41598-022-08172-6
PMID:	35264733

Possibilities of Using Seed Meals in Control of Herbicide-Susceptible and -Resistant Biotypes of Rye Brome (Bromus secalinus L.) in Winter Wheat

Pytlarz E, Gala-Czekaj D

Plants (Basel)

26-Jan-2022

PMCID:	PMC8840407
doi:	10.3390/plants11030331
PMID:	35161312

Legume Breeding for the Agroecological Transition of Global Agri-Food Systems: A European Perspective

Rubiales D, Annicchiarico P, Vaz Patto MC, Julier B

Front Plant Sci

16-Nov-2021

PMCID:	PMC8637196
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2021.782574
PMID:	34868184

Screening for Selective Anticancer Activity of 65 Extracts of Plants Collected in Western Andalusia, Spain

Calderón-Montaño JM, Martínez-Sánchez SM, Jiménez-González V, Burgos-Morón E, Guillén-Mancina E, Jiménez-Alonso JJ, Díaz-Ortega P, García F, Aparicio A, López-Lázaro M

Plants (Basel)

15-Oct-2021

PMCID:	PMC8537044
doi:	10.3390/plants10102193
PMID:	34686002

Weed seed contamination in imported seed lots entering New Zealand

Rubenstein JM, Hulme PE, Buddenhagen CE, Rolston MP, Hampton JG

PLoS One

26-Aug-2021

PMCID:	PMC8389513
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0256623
PMID:	34437599

The Remarkable Journey of a Weed: Biology and Management of Annual Ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) in Conservation Cropping Systems of Australia

Bajwa AA, Latif S, Borger C, Iqbal N, Asaduzzaman M, Wu H, Walsh M

Plants (Basel)

22-Jul-2021

PMCID:	PMC8400064
doi:	10.3390/plants10081505
PMID:	34451550

Symbiosis islands of Loteae-nodulating Mesorhizobium comprise three radiating lineages with concordant nod gene complements and nodulation host-range groupings

Perry BJ, Sullivan JT, Colombi E, Murphy RJ, Ramsay JP, Ronson CW

Microb Genom

26-Aug-2020

PMCID:	PMC7643969
doi:	10.1099/mgen.0.000426
PMID:	32845829

Metabolic Profiling Provides Unique Insights to Accumulation and Biosynthesis of Key Secondary Metabolites in Annual Pasture Legumes of Mediterranean Origin

Latif S, Weston PA, Barrow RA, Gurusinghe S, Piltz JW, Weston LA

Metabolites

28-Jun-2020

PMCID:	PMC7407162
doi:	10.3390/metabo10070267
PMID:	32605241

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Beta-Amyrin	73145	Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C)C	426.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(93)85550-B
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Bile acids, alcohols and derivatives / Hydroxy bile acids, alcohols and derivatives / Tetrahydroxy bile acids, alcohols and derivatives
(2R,3S,5S,8R,9R,10R,13S,14S,17R)-17-[(2S,3R,4R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl]-2,3-dihydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one	636484	Click to see CC(C)C(C)C(C(C(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC(=O)C4C3(CC(C(C4)O)O)C)C)O)O	464.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(93)85191-S
17-(3,4-dihydroxy-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-2,3-diol	13870431	Click to see CC(C)C(C)C(C(C(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3(CC(C(C4)O)O)C)C)O)O	450.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L
17-(3,4-dihydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-2,3-diol	72300878	Click to see CC(C)CC(C(C(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3(CC(C(C4)O)O)C)C)O)O	436.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L
24-epi-Castasterone	13039027	Click to see CC(C)C(C)C(C(C(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC(=O)C4C3(CC(C(C4)O)O)C)C)O)O	464.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L
24-Epicastasterone	11812633	Click to see CC(C)C(C)C(C(C(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC(=O)C4C3(CC(C(C4)O)O)C)C)O)O	464.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(93)85191-S https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L
6-Deoxo-24-epicastasterone	101682289	Click to see CC(C)C(C)C(C(C(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3(CC(C(C4)O)O)C)C)O)O	450.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L
6-Deoxo-28-norcastasterone	101682290	Click to see CC(C)CC(C(C(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3(CC(C(C4)O)O)C)C)O)O	436.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L
6-Deoxocastasterone	13870433	Click to see CC(C)C(C)C(C(C(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3(CC(C(C4)O)O)C)C)O)O	450.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L
Castasterone	133534	Click to see CC(C)C(C)C(C(C(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC(=O)C4C3(CC(C(C4)O)O)C)C)O)O	464.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(93)85191-S
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Cholestane steroids / Cholesterols and derivatives
Cholesterol	5997	Click to see CC(C)CCCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C	386.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(93)85550-B https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Ergostane steroids / Ergosterols and derivatives
(3S,8S,9S,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	134766514	Click to see CC(C)C(C)CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C	400.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(93)85550-B
5-Cholestene-3-ol, 24-methyl-	312822	Click to see CC(C)C(C)CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C	400.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(93)85550-B https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L
Campestanol	119394	Click to see CC(C)C(C)CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C	402.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
(3S,5S,9S,10S,13R,17R)-17-[(2R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	91746710	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	416.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L
(3S,6R)-6-[(8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-3-propan-2-ylheptan-1-ol	56924079	Click to see CC(C)C(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3(CCCC4)C)C)CCO	416.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L
(8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-17-(5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-3-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-7-one	138113837	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2C(=O)C=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	428.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(93)85550-B
17-(5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	86821	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(93)85550-B https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L
24-Ethylcholest-5-en-3beta-ol	22012	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(93)85550-B https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L
7-Oxostigmasterol	12044013	Click to see CCC(C=CC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2C(=O)C=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	426.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(93)85550-B
Stigmasterol	5280794	Click to see CCC(C=CC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	412.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)98170-L https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(93)85550-B
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / Pyranoisoflavonoids
Glabridin	124052	Click to see CC1(C=CC2=C(O1)C=CC3=C2OCC(C3)C4=C(C=C(C=C4)O)O)C	324.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1515/ZNC-1993-7-804

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Ornithopus sativus

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Common names Top

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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