Photographs: Co. Wexford

Hairy Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus subbiflorus Crobh éin mosach Family: Fabaceae Flowering June - August. Annual or perennial. Native. Flowerheads with 2-4 small, orangey-yellow flowers, the flowerstalks longer than the leaves. Both stems and leaves are very hairy and the leaflets are oblong-lanceolate. A spreading, more or less prostrate plant, the stems 5-30cm long. Very rare in Ireland, only found at a few sites in coastal grassland in West Cork and Co. Wexford Similar: Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Lotus corniculatus

Hairy Bird's-foot-trefoil, Lotus subbiflorus, Crobh éin mosach