@johncrossley120 Horseshoe vetch, a pretty yellow flower #breandown #somerset #yellow #flower #wildflower #nature #coast #plant #outdoors #fabaceae #beauty ♬ Flower Song - Chinese Relaxation and Meditation
Common name:
Horseshoe vetch
Family:
Scientific name:
Hippocrepis comosa
Main flower color:
Range:
South and central England
Height:
Up to 20 cm
Habitat:
Calcareous grassland
Flowers:
In terminal, whorled clusters of between five and seven heads. Flowers have a green, irregularly-lobed calyx, attached by a sparsely hairy pedicel, and an all-yellow flower with the banner petal held at around 90 degrees
Fruit:
Strongly wrinkled pods, up to 3 cm long, eventually separating into horseshoe-shaped sections
Leaves:
Pinnate, hairless, with a terminal leaflet and four to five pairs of lateral leaflets; all are oblong, and similar in size. At the base are a pair of pointed stipules
Season:
May to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
