Description
The red wildflower grass vetchling (Lathyrus nissolia) is very hard to spot for most of the year, since - uniquely for a pea-flower - its foliage looks like a grass. Two buds / flowers are held aloft on a fishing-rod-like and very slim stem. In this photograph it is early June in southern England, and the red flowers are fully open. Despite the grass-like stems there is no doubt that this is a pea-flower, or legume. This is a close up of a very small wild flower, photographed in its natural habitat. The soft-focus grass acts as copy space. In England, these wildflowers are found most commonly in the Midlands or the south. Examples of other pea flowers, or legumes: .
