Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Common BFT instead only has between 2 and 7 flowers. Greater between 5 and 12, here around 10. Greater has uniformly dark yellow flowers with some orange stripes, Common BFT flowers instead are smaller and usually have orange/pink tones.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Common BFT instead only has between 2 and 7 flowers. Greater between 5 and 12, here around 10. Greater has uniformly dark yellow flowers with some orange stripes, Common BFT flowers instead are smaller and usually have orange/pink tones.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). An individual flower.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place).

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields). The flowers are always a deep yellow, not with pink/orange tinges.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (27/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields). The flowers are always a deep yellow, not with pink/orange tinges.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fence along car park field track). It's a taller plant than Common Bird's Foot.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fence along car park field track). It's a taller plant than Common Bird's Foot.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (17/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields). Stems have longer hairs than Common Bird's Foot.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (by fence alongside car park field track). Of particular note for ID purposes are these sepals, some recurved, the other two with an acute-angled notch between them. The sepals are green, unlike Common BFT that usually has pink/orange tinged sepals. They vary in hairyness.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (by fence alongside car park field track). Of particular note for ID purposes are these sepals, some recurved, the other two with an acute-angled notch between them. The sepals are green, unlike Common BFT that usually has pink/orange tinged sepals. They vary in hairyness.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields). The sepals tend to be hairier with longer hairs than Common BFT. This specimen is particularly hairy.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (27/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields). The sepals tend to be hairier with longer hairs than Common BFT. This specimen is particularly hairy.

On way to Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. These are the developing flowers - they look kind of fuzzy because the sepals are hairy.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (11/06/2021) On way to Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. These are the developing flowers - they look kind of fuzzy because the sepals are hairy.

On way to Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. A young plant. The leaves are larger and longer than Common BFT.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (11/06/2021) On way to Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. A young plant. The leaves are larger and longer than Common BFT.

On way to Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. These are the developing flowers - they look this way because the hairy sepal teeth recurve.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (11/06/2021) On way to Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. These are the developing flowers - they look this way because the hairy sepal teeth recurve.

West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. These are the developing flowers - they look this way because the hairy sepal teeth recurve.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (09/06/2022) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. These are the developing flowers - they look this way because the hairy sepal teeth recurve.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (11/06/2021) On way to Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. These are the developing flowers.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fence along car park field track). Greater BFT on the left and Common BFT on the right. Note the size difference and that Greater has more uniformly yellow flowers with no pink/orange bits. The Common BFT leaf size is larger here than one would expect - or the Greater one is smaller! There are more flowers in the Common one than I'd expect though.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fence along car park field track). Greater BFT on the left and Common BFT on the right. Note the size difference and that Greater has more uniformly yellow flowers with no pink/orange bits. The Common BFT leaf size is larger here than one would expect - or the Greater one is smaller! There are more flowers in the Common one than I'd expect though.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fence along car park field track). Note the larger flowerhead with only faint orange stripes and the brighter green leaves (than Common BFT).

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fence along car park field track). Note the larger flowerhead with only faint orange stripes and the brighter green leaves (than Common BFT).

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fence along car park field track). Greater BFT on the left and Common BFT on the right. Note the size difference and that Common BFT has greyish-green leaves, not the brigher and larger ones of Greater BFT on the left.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields). Upper leaflets of Common BFT has more greyish-green leaves that are less than 3x longer than wide. Greater has greener leaflets greater than 4x longer than wide, as here.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (27/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields). Upper leaflets of Common BFT has more greyish-green leaves that are less than 3x longer than wide. Greater has greener leaflets greater than 4x longer than wide, as here.

On way to Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. The leaves are larger and rounder than Common BFT.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (11/06/2021) On way to Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. The leaves are larger and rounder than Common BFT.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields). Can be hairy to some extent but not usually as much as Common BFT.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (17/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields). Can be hairy to some extent but not usually as much as Common BFT.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (09/06/2022) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields).

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields). Common BFT seed pods seem to emerge from a gaping and empty, and fairly hairless sepal tube, but Greater has sepals recurving that are fairly hairy, like here.

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields). Common BFT seed pods seem to emerge from a gaping and empty, and fairly hairless sepal tube, but Greater has sepals recurving that are fairly hairy, like here.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fence along car park field track). Common BFT instead is a shorter and less substantial plant - also note the absence of orange/red blooms here (Common BFT has orangey / pink flowers as well as yellow).

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) (27/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fence along car park field track). Common BFT instead is a shorter and less substantial plant - also note the absence of orange/red blooms here (Common BFT has orangey / pink flowers as well as yellow).