Goat's-Rue (Galega officinalis)(11/07/2022) Reeds Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, W Sussex (on verge outside LV headquarters). They can be white as here, or more usually mauve-lilac shades (as later images).
Goat's-Rue (Galega officinalis)(11/07/2022) Reeds Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, W Sussex (on verge outside LV headquarters). This is the usual colour- a pale lilac.
Goat's-Rue (Galega officinalis)(11/07/2022) Reeds Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, W Sussex (on verge outside LV headquarters). Flowers droop down before they open.
Goat's-Rue (Galega officinalis)(11/07/2022) Reeds Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, W Sussex (on verge outside LV headquarters). A patch of white flowers. Some patches are white in this location, others the usual lilac.
Goat's-Rue (Galega officinalis)(11/07/2022) Reeds Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, W Sussex (on verge outside LV headquarters). An absolute mass of it in this location - here's a patch with the more usual mauve-lilac shades.
Goat's-Rue (Galega officinalis)(11/07/2022) Reeds Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, W Sussex (on verge outside LV headquarters).
Goat's-Rue (Galega officinalis)(11/07/2022) Reeds Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, W Sussex (on verge outside LV headquarters). They flower from the bottom upwards so a load of unopened flowers at the top here.
Goat's-Rue (Galega officinalis)(11/07/2022) Reeds Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, W Sussex (on verge outside LV headquarters). Classic sepals - long bristle-like.
Goat's-Rue (Galega officinalis)(11/07/2022) Reeds Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, W Sussex (on verge outside LV headquarters). A flower not fully open, in the characteristically down-drooping stance.
Goat's-Rue (Galega officinalis)(11/07/2022) Reeds Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, W Sussex (on verge outside LV headquarters). Young buds.
Goat's-Rue (Galega officinalis)(11/07/2022) Reeds Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, W Sussex (on verge outside LV headquarters). Young seed pods - will fatten up as they develop. They are poisonous, hence "Rue" in the name.
