Birdsfoot Trefoil, which gets its name ‘bird’s foot’ refers to the appearance of the seed pods on their stalk. They are frequently found growing on the side of roads.

In doing some research, I found that that they some medicinal uses: “the flowers are used mainly as a sedative and for other aspects of the nervous and cardiac systems. In Italy they were sometimes  used to calm anxiety, insomnia and exhaustion.” Interesting…

Have you ever seen a Birdsfoot Trefoil? Pretty, don’t you think?