Skye Flora

Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil


Lotus uliginosus

 

Lotus uliginosus

Photo © Carl Farmer
1 Aug 2002 Portree

Common in waste ground and damp grassland

Flowers c 11 mm in length

Skye ID: No tendrils.  Calyx-teeth spread away from flower in bud.  Totally different habit from Birdsfoot Trefoil, being a climbing or at least upwards-scrambling plant whereas the latter is low and compact.

Other features: Leaves similar to Birdsfoot Trefoil but a greyer shade of green.  Angle between upper two sepal-teeth is V-shaped, in B.T. it is U-shaped.

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