wild flowers in fife & kinross - Fife Coast and Countryside Trust

Cotoneaster franchetii Franchet’s Cotoneaster
Planted, as on Fife Ness Muir, and an occasional relic.
Cotoneaster dielsianus Diel’s Cotoneaster
A rare escape.
Cotoneaster sternianus Stern’s Cotoneaster
A rare escape.
Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn
Native but widely planted and self-sown, very common.
[Crataegus laevigata Midland Hawthorn]
This, or congeners, may be recently planted here and there.
FABACEAE
Robinia pseudoacacia False Acacia
Very rarely planted.
Colutea arborescens Bladder Senna
Rarely planted on waste ground recently, self-sowing.
Astragalus danicus Purple Milk Vetch
Local, in short turf near the sea, as at Kincraig Elie.
Astragalus glycyphyllos Wild Liquorice
Rare, near sea, probably declining except at Burntisland harbour.
(Oxytropis halleri Purple Oxytropis)
Extinct at both Ferry Hills (1860) and Bishop Hill (1879).
Anthyllis vulneraria Kidney Vetch
Common, except in Kinross; the sspp. have not been separated.
(Lotus glaber Narrow-leaved
Rare casual 1835-85; reported from Tentsmuir Birdsfoot Trefoil)
over a long period until c.1980,
in error for a form of the next.
Lotus corniculatus Birdsfoot Trefoil
Common; the robust var. sativus is increasingly introduced in seed mixtures.
Lotus pedunculatus Large Birdsfoot Trefoil
Common in damper places.