Fabaceae

Narrow-leaved everlasting sweet pea Lathyrus sylvestris illustrated for South Devon National landscape

Long-horned bee Eucera longicornis illustrated for South Devon National landscape

Completed for Butterfly Conservation.  The plant shows flowers and seed pods.

Bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus with seed pod and individual flower and calyx

White clover Trifolium repens showing rooting nodes and pale chevrons on the leaves

Red clover Trifolium pratensis plant

Soybean Glycine max with pods and one flower

Clover root nodule diagram

Medicago lupulina Black medick with yellow flowers and black seed clusters along with trifoliate leaves with acuminate points

Kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria with flowers emerging from fluffy calyx

Horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa with wiggly seed poda and yellow flowers

Gorse Ulex europaeus sprig

Dragon’s teeth Tetragonolobus maritimus with flowers and trifoliate leaves

Dwarf Gorse Ulex minor with details of individual flower and leaves on stem

Common vetch Vicia sativa with lots of tendrils, a few flowers, leaflets and a ripe and unripe pod

Broom Cystisus scoparius with lots of pale yellow flowers and a couple of green pods on one sprig of the plant

Bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus with yellow flowers face on and in profile

Bitter vetch Lathyrus linifolius showing purple flowers and pods both ripe and brown and earlier on, still green. Tendrils and winged stem shown clearly along with paied leaves

Bitter wood vetch Vicia orobus showing the pale mauve flowers and pale green pods and paired leaves