Sep 202015
 

 Lathyrus pratensis

Meadow Vetchling, Lathyrus pratensis,  Irish wildflower

I first mistook this yellow pea-like wild flower for Bird’s Foot Trefoil, which grows abundantly throughout Connemara. However, on closer examination, I noticed that it was a climbing plant with tendrils at the tips of its leaves to cling onto other plants. It also comes into flower later in the year than the Bird’s Foot Trefoil.