Common name:
Purple milkvetch
Family:
Scientific name:
Astragalus danicus
Main flower color:
Range:
Small areas of south and east England, and eastern Scotland
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Calcareous grassland
Flowers:
Tightly clustered, upwards-pointing. The banner petal, about 15 mm long, is slightly notched at the top and grooved down the middle, purple with a white centre. Wing and keel petals are much narrower
Fruit:
Green pods, ageing to brown, covered by white hairs
Leaves:
Hairy, pinnately divided into ovate leaflets; six to 12 pairs, plus a terminal leaflet. Up to 7 cm long
Season:
May to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
