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Birds Foot Trefoil - Western Isles - Wild Flowers - Wildflowers & Flora of The Isle of Harris and The Isle of Lewis - Hebrides Flowers
Yellow - Wildflowers - Seen On The Western Isles. Birds foot trefoil is a member of the pea family. Its clover like lovely tiny yellow flowers are seen all over The Western Isles. It can grow to about 40cm tall in some cases, but often is much lower to the ground.
Western Isles Wildflowers - Wild flowers of The Hebrides
birds foot trefoil - yellow hebridean flora
Birds Foot Trefoil - Lotus corniculatus
Yellow Wildflowers - Western Isles Flora
 
Yellow - Wildflowers - Seen On The Western Isles
Birds foot trefoil is a member of the pea family. Its clover like lovely tiny yellow flowers are to be seen all over The Western Isles. It can grow to about 40cm tall in some cases, but often is much lower to the ground.

It is known as Bird’s-foot-trefoil as having flowered it produces seedpods arranged in a ‘bird’s foot’ pattern and its five leaflets appear trifoliate

Flowers to mid September
The flowers can be seen from the end of April through until mid September
Yellow Wildflowers - Birds Foot Trefoil - Western Isles
The flowerheads are made up of 4 to 6 yellow flowers on long stalks and sometimes streaked with red. The flowers are an even, warm yellow colour when they are fully opened and form a cluster of pea flowers at the end of a short stem.
Leaves
The leaves of the birdsfoot trefoil are smooth and consist of 5 leaflets. Yellow pea-like flowers bloom from June to October. You can see these little wildflowers all over the Western Isles.

Pollination
The flowers can actually pollinate themselves if necessary, however they are usually cross pollinated by insects such as bees and butterflies visiting the flowers to collect the nectar. As there are a lot of 'common blue' butterflies, throughout the Western Isles in the summer - these lovely wildflowers create sometimes whole 'carpets' on the moorland - looking so pretty.
Bacon and Eggs
Many people know this flower as ‘bacon and eggs’ - alluding to the vibrant red and yellow/orange colour of the flowers when they begin to open


Other Common names
This lovely yellow wildflower is also sometimes known as 'Baby's Slippers' and 'Bird's Foot Clover'
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Western Isles Wildflowers - Flora & Flowers of The Outer Hebrides - Hebridean Wild Flowers
This section of the website details the flowers that I have seen todate. Should I have identified any of the wildflowers incorrectly or given information that isn't correct - All comments welcome Chris@GcwWeb.com