Lotus pedunculatus Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil C DD N
The flowers and colour look much the same as Lotus corniculatus (Common Birds-foot-trefoil) but this plant can grow up to 1 m on straggly stems with each flower on a long stem. It tends to prefer wet or marshy habitats while Lotus corniculatus will grow in much drier places.
Apart from a fewer places in northern Scotland and central Ireland, this plant is found everywhere in the British Isles.
Near Newborough Warren, Anglesey 7th July 2005
Added on November 7th 2005, updated 3rd December 2010