Botanical help please

Kiwi-family

{Rachael, the Mama of the family}

Time of past OR future Camino

walking every day for the rest of my life

• Today at 4:49 AM

• #1

Could anyone tell me what these flowers are? They seem to be not quite lupin, not quite hollyhock, not quite foxglove!
They were flowering in April - these particular ones were after Agés and before Atapuerca.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

 

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Frans57

New Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Del Norte

• Today at 4:59 AM

• #2

Kiwi-family said:

Could anyone tell me what these flowers are? They seem to be not quite lupin, not quite hollyhock, not quite foxglove!
They were flowering in April - these particular ones were after Agés and before Atapuerca.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
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Hi there, Kiwi family,
This plant is Esparcette.
Esparcette is a plant species from the family of the papilionaceous flowers. This is a group of protein-rich plants, which also includes the plant lucerne. Esparcette has long been used as good quality hay for horses that had to work hard on the land.
Buen Camino!
Greetings from Holland,
Frans

 

Paladina

old woman of the roads

Time of past OR future Camino

CF, primitivo & del norte (2017); VdlP/Sanabres, ingles etc (2018), Mozarabe etc (2019), tbc (2020)

• Today at 5:54 AM

• #3

Onobrychis viciifolia, otherwise known, at least among anglophones, as sainfoin. Good photo showing its typical vetch-like leaves. I wish I’d seen it in such profusion!