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