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NARROW-LEAVED BIRD’S-FOOT TREFOIL Lotus glaber (Fabaceae) Height to 10cm. Rather upright, hairless perennial of damp grassy places on clay. Similar to Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil but more slender. FLOWERS are 10mm long; borne on relatively short stalks, in heads of 2-4 (May-Aug). FRUITS are slender pods. LEAVES have 5 narrow, pointed leaflets, but appear trifoliate. STATUS-Local, mainly in S.
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NARROW-LEAVED BIRD’S-FOOT TREFOIL Lotus glaber (Fabaceae) Height to 10cm. Rather upright, hairless perennial of damp grassy places on clay. Similar to Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil but more slender. FLOWERS are 10mm long; borne on relatively short stalks, in heads of 2-4 (May-Aug). FRUITS are slender pods. LEAVES have 5 narrow, pointed leaflets, but appear trifoliate. STATUS-Local, mainly in S.