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A common scrambling plant of the pea family which I find most often near the sea or in very sandy places but it can also grow on waste ground. It used to be grown as a crop so there are bound to be escapes from this older cultivation around the country.

Llandudno West Shore, 23rd August 2001

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Added on November 13th 2004, amended January 29th 2005