Photographs: Barleycove, Co. Cork

Black Medick Medicago lupulina Dúmheidic Family: Fabaceae Flowering time: April-Octobere. Perennial. Native. Small, compact, yellow flowers on slender flower-stalks are followed by coiled black, kidney-shaped seedpods. The trifoliate alternate leaves have toothed leaflets with mucronate (pointed) tips. A more / less hairy, upright or scrambling plant to 75cm. Roadsides, grassland, walls and waste ground on well-drained soil Similar: Lesser Trefoil and Hop Trefoil

Black Medick, Medicago lupulina, Dúmheidic