Lesser Trefoil

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Fabales

Fabaceae (Pea)

Alsike Clover, Birdsfoot, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Bitter Vetch, Black Medick, Broad Bean, Broad-leaved Everlasting Pea, Bush Vetch, Common Broom, Common Gorse, Common Laburnum, Common Restharrow, Common Vetch, Crown Vetch, Dyer's Greenweed, False Acacia, Goat's Rue, Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil, Hairy Tare, Haresfoot Clover, Hop Trefoil, Horseshoe Vetch, Kidney Vetch, Meadow Vetchling, Red Clover, Ribbed Melilot, Russell Lupin, Spanish Gorse, Tall Melilot, Tufted Vetch, Western Gorse, White Clover, White Melilot, Zigzag Clover

Flower

25 centimetres tall

Farmland, grassland, lawns, meadows, roadsides, wasteland.

Dull yellow compact flowerhead on a short stalk, up to 20 flowers per head. Similar looking flower as Black Medick.

An egg-shaped, hard seed pod containing a single brown seed, up to 2mm long. Drooping when ripe.

Trifoliate leaves, clover-like in appearance. Similar looking to Black Medick except the tips of the leaflets are a slightly different shape. With Lesser Trefoil the tips of the leaflets are notched ever so slightly, whereas Black Medick leaflets have a slight protrusion. However, the difference is not always that obvious so careful observation is usually necessary in order to ensure identification is correct.

Cowhop Clover, Hop Clover, Irish Shamrock, Least Hop Clover, Lesser Hop Trefoil, Lesser Yellow Trefoil, Little Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Shamrock, Shamrock Clover, Small Hop Clover, Suckling Clover, Yellow Clover, Yellow Shamrock, Yellow Shamrock Clover, Yellow Suckling Clover, Yellow Trefoil.

Common  

Black Medick
Hop Trefoil