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

Ornithopus perpusillus Birdsfoot
Uncommon on moors and bare ground, confined to NE Fife; Leuchars area.
Securigera varia Crown Vetch
A rare escape, established here and there.
(Vicia orobus Wood Bitter Vetch)
Newburgh area, 1821: either long extinct, or error?
Vicia cracca Tufted Vetch
Common.
Vicia sylvatica Wood Vetch
Very rare; now only at Cauldron Linn, 1821 —> (VC87).
Vicia hirsuta Hairy Tare
Common in grassy places.
Vicia tetrasperma Smooth Tare
In Charlesown area, 2001 —>; also a casual (q.v)
Vicia sepium Bush Vetch
Common.
Vicia sativa ssp. nigra Narrow-leaved Vetch
Common, often near the sea, variable.
Vicia sativa ssp. segetalis Common Vetch
Local, sometimes introduced in seed mixtures.
Vicia lathyroides Spring Vetch
Local in short grass by sea, e.g. Downing Point (Dalgety Bay).
(Vicia lutea Yellow Vetchling)
N. Queensferry site 1802-1902 destroyed by quarrying; and casual (1978).
Lathyrus linifolius Bitter Vetch
Local in more acid grassland, widespread
Lathyrus pratensis Meadow Vetchling
Very common.
Lathyrus tuberosus Tuberous Pea
A rare short-lived escape.
Lathyrus grandiflorus Two-flowered
Infrequent escape or planted, often near old railways; Everlasting-Pea
some records of L. latifolius may belong here.