- Ornithopus perpusillus L. - Bird's-foot - Leguminosae / Fabaceae
(Map updated: March 2008)
Probably not a native species in Northern Ireland (the earliest record dates from as recently as 1924 and its habitats tend to be man-made such as quarries or sand pits), and not persistent at its recorded sites. The most recent report is from short turf in a sand pit near Ballykelly in 1982.
It is a small prostrate annual with pinnate leaves, pale yellow or white flowers veined with red, and fruits consisting of a group of narrow beaded peapods resembling a bird's foot.
All names: Ornithopus perpusillus L.
NBN Atlas mapping: Species account : NBN Atlas UK Species Observations database
iNaturalist: Species account : iNaturalist World Species Observations database