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Black Medick |
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Medicago lupulina |
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Carl Farmer |
Rare in Skye, casual on bare ground or in grass Flowers c 2.5 cm long, flowerheads 5-8 mm Skye ID: Similar to Lesser Trefoil and Hop Trefoil, though leaves are closer to the size of clover leaves. Unlike those species, leaves have minute point at tip. Other features: Petals soon fall, do not cover pods as in Trefoils. Pods are coiled, quite unlike Trefoils, black when ripe, and in elongated, not globular, heads |
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