Common Restharrow (Ononis repens) (03/07/2022) Falking Hill, Falking, W Sussex (on chalk up on the South Downs). Nothing else quite like it except for Spiny Restharrow - see later images for why it is not that! Glandular hairy (young) leaves above.
Common Restharrow (Ononis repens) (03/07/2022) Falking Hill, Falking, W Sussex (on chalk up on the South Downs). Anthers poking out plus the long white style with the stigma on top.
Common Restharrow (Ononis repens) (03/07/2022) Falking Hill, Falking, W Sussex (on chalk up on the South Downs).
Common Restharrow (Ononis repens) (03/07/2022) Falking Hill, Falking, W Sussex (on chalk up on the South Downs). Young buds.
Common Restharrow (Ononis repens) (03/07/2022) Falking Hill, Falking, W Sussex (on chalk up on the South Downs). Can be low-growing like this specimen...
Common Restharrow (Ononis repens) (03/07/2022) Falking Hill, Falking, W Sussex (on chalk up on the South Downs). ...or taller like this specimen.
Common Restharrow (Ononis repens) (03/07/2022) Falking Hill, Falking, W Sussex (on chalk up on the South Downs). Stems hairy all around - Spiny Restharrow instead has stems with two lines of hairs and they are stiffly-spiny. Common Restharrow can have slightly spiny stems, but if it does, the spines are not stiff.
Common Restharrow (Ononis repens) (03/07/2022) Falking Hill, Falking, W Sussex (on chalk up on the South Downs). Classic Restharrow toothed leaves. The whole plant is pretty glandular-hairy.
