Lotus corniculatus

Photo © Carl Farmer
27 Aug 2002 Portree

Common on paths, rock faces, roadsides, on bare ground or short grass.

Flower c 15 mm long.

Skye ID: Calyx-teeth appressed to bud. Angle between upper two sepal-teeth U-shaped. See also Lotus uliginosus

Other features: A ground-hugging plant. Leaves have five leaflets but lower two are at base and bent back so looking more like stipules.

	Photo © Carl Farmer 27 Aug 2002 Portree

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