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May 28, 2010
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Southeastern, New Hampshire
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The very distinctive perennial herb, Bird‘s-Foot Trefoil.
3-6 yellow pea-like flowers form an umbrel at the top of the stem. The flowers
have an appearance of a bird‘s foot. Leaves are compound, made up of
3 cover-like leaflets. At the base of the leaf stalk are two stipules that
also look like clover leaves and sometimes give the appearance that the leaf
has 5 leaflets. See images below and to the right to see the leaflets and
stipules. The plant is many-stemmed and can grow from 6 to 24 inches high.
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