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Kidney Vetch

Anthyllis vulneraria

Photo by aditi.812
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Field Notes

Description:

Flowers are red-yellow and bilaterally symmetrical- which is typical of all legume family flowers, and grow on globe like flower heads.
The plant has some known medicinal uses.

Habitat:

The kidney vetch is native to Europe (although found as far as North Africa) and is found growing on grasslands and cliifs close to the sea.

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Comments (2)
aditi.812
Do you mean colour wise? Because if that then I think so too! I though yellow ones were the norm, but these were interestingly half and half.

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Flowers of Europe
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PublishedAugust 23, 2011

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