Common names:
Wild liquorice, liquorice milkvetch
Family:
Scientific name:
Astragalus glycyphyllos
Main flower color:
Range:
England and eastern Scotland
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Dry, calcareous grassland
Flowers:
Yellowish-green, with a relatively narrow banner petal, upturned at about 45 degrees, and greenish calyces, sometimes tinged reddish-pink. Calyces are divided about half way into narrow, equally-sized teeth. Flowers may not open fully. Flowers are held in a dense, terminal cluster, a little way above the leaves
Fruit:
Curving, greenish pods, pointed at the tip
Leaves:
Hairless, pinnately divided into elliptical leaflets up to 4 cm long, with stipules at the base of the petiole. On stout, hairless stems which have a zig-zag growth pattern
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
