This yellow pea plant could be very difficult to identify if wasn't for the fruits which give it the English name: Bur Medick. They are coils with spines looking just like tiny burs. The plant itself is procumbent and very small so that a tall botanist might easily overlook it. This specimen, although a national rarity, was in the grass verge of an industrial estate.
Breckland, 18th June 2005
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