Botanical help please

[Kiwi-family]

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!

 

[Frans57]

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]

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!

 

[Jill PetersGee]

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!

I agree, I ran the photo through the app Plantum and got the same answer.

Onobrychis viciifolia, also known as O. sativa or common sainfoin (IPA: ['sænfɔɪn]) has been an important forage legume in temperate regions until the 1950s. During the Green Revolution it was replaced by high yielding alfalfa and clover species. Due to its anthelmintic properties the common sainfoin is a natural alternative to drugs to control nematode parasitism in the guts of small ruminants. This is the main reason why O. viciifolia came back to the scientific agenda during the last years.

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!

 

[t2andreo]

This, according to my iPhoto “I” button and Wikipedia:

Onobrychis viciifolia, also known as O. sativa or common sainfoin(IPA: ['sænfɔɪn]) was an important forage legume in temperate regions until the 1950s. During the Green Revolution it was replaced by high yielding alfalfa and cloverspecies.

Due to its anthelmintic properties, common sainfoin is a natural alternative to drugs to control nematode parasitism in the guts of small ruminants.

Hope this helps.

Tom

 

[Kiwi-family]

Thank you everybody - I knew there would be someone who would know (and would know more than simply the name). I could learn to use the plant-finder app and let google tell me all about it, but it's so much more fun to ask Real People!

 

[Donna Sch]

Onobrychis vicifolia thanks to Google Lens. Ended up on iNatutalist checking out plants in April of the Burgos region and it seems to be Orchid Central! At least 14 species to keep an eye out for.