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  1. Acacia melanoxylon R. Br. – Australian blackwood
  2. [Pictured] Anthyllis vulneraria L. – kidney vetch
  3. [Pictured] Arachis hypogaea L. – ground-nut
  4. [Pictured] Astragalus alpinus L. – Alpine milk-vetch
  5. [Pictured] Astragalus danicus Retz. – purple milk-vetch
  6. [Pictured] Astragalus glycyphyllos L. – wild liquorice
  7. Astragalus odoratus Lam. – lesser milk-vetch
  8. [Pictured] Cercis siliquastrum L. – Judas tree
  9. Cicer arietinum L. – chick pea
  10. [Pictured] Colutea arborescens L. – bladder senna
  11. Colutea × media Willd. – orange bladder-senna
  12. [Pictured] Coronilla valentina L. – shrubby scorpion-vetch
  13. [Pictured] Cytisus multiflorus (L’Hér.) Sweet – white broom
  14. Cytisus nigricans L. – black broom
  15. [Pictured] Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link – broom
  16. Cytisus striatus (Hill) Rothm. – hairy-fruited broom
  17. [Pictured] Ervilia hirsuta (L.) Opiz – hairy tare
  18. [Pictured] Ervilia sylvatica (L.) Schur – wood vetch
  19. [Pictured] Ervum gracile DC. – slender tare
  20. [Pictured] Ervum tetraspermum L. – smooth tare
  21. [Pictured] Galega officinalis L. – goat’s rue
  22. Genista aetnensis (Raf. ex Biv.) DC. – Mount Etna broom
  23. [Pictured] Genista anglica L. – petty whin
  24. [Pictured] Genista hispanica L. – Spanish gorse
  25. Genista monspessulana (L.) L. A. S. Johnson – Montpellier broom
  26. [Pictured] Genista pilosa L. – hairy greenweed
  27. [Pictured] Genista tinctoria L. – dyer’s greenweed
  28. Glycine max (L.) Merr. – soya bean
  29. [Pictured] Hippocrepis comosa L. – horseshoe vetch
  30. [Pictured] Hippocrepis emerus (L.) Lassen – scorpion senna
  31. [Pictured] Laburnum alpinum (Mill.) J. Presl – Scottish laburnum
  32. [Pictured] Laburnum anagyroides Medik. – laburnum
  33. Laburnum × watereri (Wettst.) Dippel – hybrid laburnum
  34. Lathyrus annuus L. – fodder pea
  35. Lathyrus aphaca L. – yellow vetchling
  36. [Pictured] Lathyrus grandiflorus Sm. – two-flowered everlasting pea
  37. Lathyrus heterophyllus L. – Norfolk everlasting pea
  38. Lathyrus hirsutus L. – hairy vetchling
  39. [Pictured] Lathyrus japonicus Willd. – sea pea
  40. [Pictured] Lathyrus latifolius L. – broad-leaved everlasting pea
  41. [Pictured] Lathyrus linifolius (Reichard) Bässler – bitter vetch
  42. Lathyrus niger (L.) Bernh. – black pea
  43. [Pictured] Lathyrus nissolia L. – grass vetchling
  44. [Pictured] Lathyrus odoratus L. – sweet pea
  45. [Pictured] Lathyrus oleraceus Lam. – garden pea
  46. Lathyrus palustris L. – marsh pea
  47. [Pictured] Lathyrus pratensis L. – meadow vetchling
  48. Lathyrus sativus L. – Indian pea
  49. [Pictured] Lathyrus sylvestris L. – narrow-leaved everlasting pea
  50. Lathyrus tuberosus L. – tuberous pea
  51. [Pictured] Lathyrus vernus (L.) Bernh. – spring pea
  52. [Pictured] Lotus angustissimus L. – slender bird’s-foot trefoil
  53. [Pictured] Lotus corniculatus L. – common bird’s-foot trefoil
  54. Lotus hirsutus L. – hairy canary clover
  55. [Pictured] Lotus maritimus L. – dragon’s teeth
  56. [Pictured] Lotus pedunculatus Cav. – greater bird’s-foot trefoil
  57. [Pictured] Lotus subbiflorus Lag. – hairy bird’s-foot trefoil
  58. [Pictured] Lotus tenuis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. – narrow-leaved bird’s-foot trefoil
  59. Lupinus albus L. – white lupin
  60. Lupinus angustifolius L. – narrow-leaved lupin
  61. [Pictured] Lupinus arboreus Sims – tree lupin
  62. Lupinus luteus L. – yellow lupin
  63. Lupinus nootkatensis Donn ex Sims – Nootka lupin
  64. [Pictured] Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl. – garden lupin
  65. [Pictured] Lupinus × regalis Bergmans – Russell lupin
  66. [Pictured] Medicago arabica (L.) Huds. – spotted medick
  67. Medicago arborea L. – tree medick
  68. Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill. – tattered medick
  69. [Pictured] Medicago littoralis Rohde ex Loisel. – shore medick
  70. [Pictured] Medicago lupulina L. – black medick
  71. [Pictured] Medicago minima (L.) Bartal. – bur medick
  72. [Pictured] Medicago polymorpha L. – toothed medick
  73. Medicago praecox DC. – early medick
  74. Medicago sativa L. – lucerne
    1. Medicago sativa nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. – sand lucerne
    2. Medicago sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. – sickle medick
    3. [Pictured] Medicago sativa subsp. sativa L. – lucerne
  75. Medicago truncatula Gaertn. – strong-spined medick
  76. [Pictured] Melilotus albus Medik. – white melilot
  77. [Pictured] Melilotus altissimus Thuill. – tall melilot
  78. Melilotus indicus (L.) All. – small melilot
  79. [Pictured] Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pall. – ribbed melilot
  80. Melilotus sulcatus Desf. – furrowed melilot
  81. [Pictured] Onobrychis viciifolia Scop. – sainfoin
  82. [Pictured] Ononis reclinata L. – small restharrow
  83. [Pictured] Ononis repens L. – common restharrow
  84. [Pictured] Ononis spinosa L. – spiny restharrow
  85. Ornithopus compressus L. – yellow serradella
  86. [Pictured] Ornithopus perpusillus L. – bird’s foot
  87. Ornithopus pinnatus (Mill.) Druce – orange bird’s-foot
  88. Ornithopus sativus Brot. – serradella
  89. [Pictured] Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC. – yellow oxytropis
  90. [Pictured] Oxytropis halleri Bunge ex W. D. J. Koch – purple oxytropis
  91. [Pictured] Phaseolus coccineus L. – runner bean
  92. [Pictured] Phaseolus vulgaris L. – French bean
  93. [Pictured] Robinia pseudoacacia L. – false acacia
  94. Scorpiurus muricatus L. – caterpillar plant
  95. [Pictured] Securigera varia (L.) Lassen – crown vetch
  96. [Pictured] Spartium junceum L. – Spanish broom
  97. [Pictured] Thermopsis montana Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray – false lupin
  98. Trifolium alexandrinum L. – Egyptian clover
  99. Trifolium angustifolium L. – narrow clover
  100. [Pictured] Trifolium arvense L. – hare’s-foot clover
  101. Trifolium aureum Pollich – large trefoil
  102. Trifolium bocconei Savi – twin-headed clover
  103. [Pictured] Trifolium campestre Schreb. – hop trefoil
  104. [Pictured] Trifolium dubium Sibth. – lesser trefoil
  105. Trifolium echinatum M. Bieb. – hedgehog clover
  106. [Pictured] Trifolium fragiferum L. – strawberry clover
  107. [Pictured] Trifolium glomeratum L. – clustered clover
  108. Trifolium hirtum All. – rose clover
  109. [Pictured] Trifolium hybridum L. – alsike clover
  110. [Pictured] Trifolium incarnatum L. – crimson clover
  111. [Pictured] Trifolium medium L. – zigzag clover
  112. [Pictured] Trifolium micranthum Viv. – slender trefoil
  113. [Pictured] Trifolium occidentale Coombe – western clover
  114. [Pictured] Trifolium ochroleucon Huds. – sulphur clover
  115. [Pictured] Trifolium ornithopodioides L. – bird’s-foot clover
  116. [Pictured] Trifolium pannonicum Jacq. – Hungarian clover
  117. [Pictured] Trifolium pratense L. – red clover
  118. [Pictured] Trifolium repens L. – white clover
  119. [Pictured] Trifolium resupinatum L. – reversed clover
  120. [Pictured] Trifolium scabrum L. – rough clover
  121. [Pictured] Trifolium squamosum L. – sea clover
  122. [Pictured] Trifolium stellatum L. – starry clover
  123. [Pictured] Trifolium striatum L. – knotted clover
  124. Trifolium strictum L. – upright clover
  125. [Pictured] Trifolium subterraneum L. – subterranean clover
  126. [Pictured] Trifolium suffocatum L. – suffocated clover
  127. Trifolium tomentosum L. – woolly clover
  128. Trigonella caerulea (L.) Ser. – blue fenugreek
  129. Trigonella esculenta Willd. – sickle-fruited fenugreek
  130. [Pictured] Trigonella foenum-graecum L. – fenugreek
  131. [Pictured] Ulex europaeus L. – gorse
  132. [Pictured] Ulex gallii Planch. – western gorse
  133. [Pictured] Ulex minor Roth – dwarf gorse
  134. Vicia benghalensis L. – purple vetch
  135. Vicia bithynica (L.) L. – Bithynian vetch
  136. [Pictured] Vicia cracca L. – tufted vetch
  137. [Pictured] Vicia faba L. – broad bean
  138. [Pictured] Vicia lathyroides L. – spring vetch
  139. [Pictured] Vicia lens (L.) Coss. & Germ. – lentil
  140. [Pictured] Vicia lutea L. – yellow vetch
  141. Vicia narbonensis L. – Narbonne vetch
  142. [Pictured] Vicia orobus DC. – wood bitter-vetch
  143. Vicia pannonica Crantz – Hungarian vetch
  144. Vicia sativa L. – common vetch
    1. [Pictured] Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh. – narrow-leaved vetch
    2. Vicia sativa subsp. sativa L. – pale-fruited common vetch
    3. [Pictured] Vicia sativa subsp. segetalis (Thuill.) Gaudin – dark-fruited common vetch
  145. [Pictured] Vicia sepium L. – bush vetch
  146. Vicia tenuifolia Roth – fine-leaved vetch
  147. [Pictured] Vicia villosa Roth – fodder vetch
  148. Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek – mung bean
L-R: Bidens tripartita, Melilotus officinalis, Mimulus guttatus, Thalictrum flavum, Ranunculus peltatus, Anchusa arvensis, Malva alcea, Lolium perenne