| No | 28 |
| Common Name: | Birds foot – Trefoil |
| Scientific Name: | Lotus corniculatus |
| Irish Name: | Crobh éin |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Habitat: | Roadsides, sandhills, stone-walls and most grassy places. |
| Uses: | This is the principal food plant of the larvae of Common Blue Butterfly. Fixes nitrogen in the soil. Can be used for medicinal purposes. The plant is used externally as a local anti-inflammatory compress in all cases of skin inflammation. |
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