Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Greater Birds-foot Trefoil, Lotus pedunculatus, Crobh éin corraigh
Photographs: Co. Cork

Greater Birds-foot-trefoil
Lotus pedunculatus (Lotus uliginosus)
Crobh éin corraigh
Family: Fabaceae

Flowering time: June-August. Perennial. Native.

Yellow flowers, 5-12 in each head, the buds sometimes streaked red. Elongated seed-pods. Leaves with 3 blunt, broadly oval leaflets. Erect, sprawling plant with hollow stems, usually hairy, but variable. To 60cm

Common in damp ground, meadows, marshes and on wet roadsides.

Hairy Birds-foot-trefoil, L. subbiflorus. 2-4 flowers on each stalk. Low, spreading plant. Very hairy stems, leaves. Very rare, SE, SW Ireland

Greater Birds-foot Trefoil, Lotus pedunculatus, Crobh éin corraigh

Greater Birds-foot Trefoil, Lotus pedunculatus, Crobh éin corraigh
Greater Birds-foot Trefoil, Lotus pedunculatus, Crobh éin corraigh

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