Ornithopus perpusillus   Bird's-foot

 

 

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I first found this plant locally many years ago when looking at a smallish plant in the roadside verge. There in the short grass was this incredibly small flower. I stood up and couldn't see it at all. It is said to be quite common but most people, even botanists, will miss it unless they get on hands and knees. The brownish pod out of focus in the bottom right is the seed pod.

Fort Doyle, Guernsey 20th June 2004

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Added on September 28th 2004, amended on January 30th 2005