Common Restharrow
Taken at Tyninghame Bay on 20th June 2021 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Taken at Tyninghame Bay on 9th June 2019 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File

Taken at White Sands on 25th June 2017 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File
Common Restharrow.
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AKA: 		Ononis repens.
Fabales.
Fabaceae.
Perennial
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 Grassland
July - September
10 - 60 cms.
The common name, Rest-harrow, comes form the time when it was a common agricultural weed and the roots were so tough and dense that they would entangle the farmer's harrow pulled by a horse and bring the thing to a halt .