Of Common Restharrow, Crown Vetch and Sundry Others

We toddled over to the Crayford Marshes in the hopes of seeing the Common Restharrow which grows there: and were pleased (and relieved) to find some viz.

We were also pleased to see quite a few (Restharrow) Plants in flower.

And Yippee: much to our Surprise and Delight, we also came across a small population of Crown Vetch viz.

We are of course aware of the population growing beside Norman Road North.

We also hoped to see some Hare's-Foot Clover (seen last year) and found a single (very low-growing) Plant viz.

Other flowering Plants included:

Bird's-Foot-Trefoil
Bramble
Bristly Oxtongue viz.

Buddleia
Common Mallow
Common Ragwort
Common Toadflax viz.

Creeping Cinquefoil viz.

Creeping Thistle
Everlasting Broad-Leaved Pea
Field Bindweed
Goat's-Rue
Greater Knapweed viz.

Hoary Plantain viz.

Lady's Bedstraw viz.

(assumed) Lucerne aka Alfalfa
Meadow Vetchling viz.

Red Clover viz.

Rosebay Willowherb viz.

White Clover
and Yarrow

And we have a vague feeling we may have seen some Dittander (present on the nearby Dartford Marshes across the River Darenth) but cannot be sure.

There are lots of Plants we are unable to identify. Both for the Present and probably for the Future: which is something we can live with very comfortably.

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We are looking across the Crayford Marshes towards the the River Darenth Flood Barrier and just beyond, the River Thames (the Dartford Marshes are across the River Darenth):