vetchling
Apparently, not all things that look like "wild sweet peas" are wild sweet peas. After doing some research, I've decided that this is actually a meadow vetchling.
It's pretty common- according to the guidebooks- but I've never seen one before.
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Flowers, flowers, flowers. Oh look! More FLOWERS! <3
Finally a legume!
I like the color - nice shot :)
Peter Dynomite- HEY! It's been almost a WEEK since my last one! I'm doin' pretty well, I think!
Nikon- Ohhh, come on, it's only been a month since my last one, and a couple weeks before that for my first one. ;)
Something very similar to these are all over the place around Villigen as well and I've been preparing a photo to post. In fact, I spent a bit of time trying to identify mine, and I think mine are Lotus corniculatus (commonly known as birdfoot deervetch in the US), but I have to go out into the field and take more photos to be sure. They look so similar to me! Take a look at the photos on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Birdsfoot_trefoil
Yes, I guess it's the striking color of this shot that made me lose all sense of the legume lineage laced through your blog.
I know, lame :)
Z- Oh geeeeeeez, I am TERRIBLE at naming flower species. For years, I though Creeping Charlies were violets. I'm not even positive that these are meadow vetchlings, but after spending a couple hours on Wikipedia etc., that seems to be the most logical identification. Good luck on definitively identifying your birdsfeet. :)
Paul- I'm one of those perplexing people who's pleased by puns and adores alliteration. ;)
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