Purple Milk Vetch
Taken at Tyninghame Bay on 2nd June 2016 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode
Fact File
 

Taken at Barns Ness on 29th May 2016 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode Fact File
 
Purple Milk Vetch.
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AKA:
Astragalus danicus.
Fabales.
Fabaceae.
Perennial herb.
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Infertile chalky grassland. It is also found on coastal sand-dunes.
June - July.
This plant is included as a species "of principal importance for the purpose of conserving biodiversity" under Section 41 (England) of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006.