Lancashire Key Species - Flowering Plants

Flowering plant species listed in the Lancashire Key Species review of 24/09/2019.

Lancashire Key Species (LKS) refers to species which have a recognised status, either (inter)nationally or locally within Lancashire. The criteria for inclusion are available from LERN.

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Petty Whin ¹
Genista anglica

horseshoe vetch ²
Hippocrepis comosa

Yellow Vetchling ³
Lathyrus aphaca

Hairy Vetchling ⁴
Lathyrus hirsutus

Hairy Bird's-foot-trefoil
Lotus subbiflorus

narrow-leaf bird's-foot trefoil ⁵
Lotus tenuis

little bur-clover ⁶
Medicago minima

bur clover ⁷
Medicago polymorpha

Medicago sativa subsp. falcata ⁸
Medicago falcata

Sainfoin ⁹
Onobrychis viciifolia

Spiny restharrow ¹⁰
Ononis spinosa

Bird's-foot ¹¹
Ornithopus perpusillus

Strawberry clover ¹²
Trifolium fragiferum

Slender trefoil
Trifolium micranthum

Sulphur Clover
Trifolium ochroleucon

Knotted clover ¹³
Trifolium striatum

Upright Clover
Trifolium strictum

suffocated clover ¹⁴
Trifolium suffocatum

bithynian vetch ¹⁵
Vicia bithynica

Spring Vetch ¹⁶
Vicia lathyroides

Yellow Vetch ¹⁷
Vicia lutea

Wood Bitter-vetch ¹⁸
Vicia orobus

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Lancashire Key Species - Flowering Plants

Petty Whin 1 Genista anglica

horseshoe vetch 2 Hippocrepis comosa

Yellow Vetchling 3 Lathyrus aphaca

Hairy Vetchling 4 Lathyrus hirsutus

Hairy Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus subbiflorus

narrow-leaf bird's-foot trefoil 5 Lotus tenuis

little bur-clover 6 Medicago minima

bur clover 7 Medicago polymorpha

Medicago sativa subsp. falcata 8 Medicago falcata

Sainfoin 9 Onobrychis viciifolia

Spiny restharrow 10 Ononis spinosa

Bird's-foot 11 Ornithopus perpusillus

Strawberry clover 12 Trifolium fragiferum

Slender trefoil Trifolium micranthum

Sulphur Clover Trifolium ochroleucon

Knotted clover 13 Trifolium striatum

Upright Clover Trifolium strictum

suffocated clover 14 Trifolium suffocatum

bithynian vetch 15 Vicia bithynica

Spring Vetch 16 Vicia lathyroides

Yellow Vetch 17 Vicia lutea

Wood Bitter-vetch 18 Vicia orobus