Anthyllis vulnerariaL. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Anthyllis vulnerariaL. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Anthyllis vulnerariaL. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Anthyllis maura
Anthyllis arundana
Anthyllis pachyphylla
Anthyllis sampaiana
Anthyllis insularum
Anthyllis hispidissima
Anthyllis vulneraria
Anthyllis lateriflora
Anthyllis dertosensis
Anthyllis font-queri
Anthyllis saharae
Flora
Entry for ANTHYLLIS Vulneraria Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
ANTHYLLIS VulnerariaLinn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], DC. Prod. ii. 170. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 164.
Information
Rootstock woody. Stems herbaceous, a foot or more long. Leaves pinnate, with 2–4 sessile linear-oblong leaflets on each side, the terminal one often much dilated and solitary in the root-leaves. Flowers in dense terminal heads, often two close together, surrounded by an involucre of deeply cut bifid or trifid bracts, which equal the densely silky calyx, which is sessile, 3/8 in. long, becoming dilated, veined and scariose as the fruit matures, upper lip triangular, slightly emarginate, three teeth of the lower one lanceolate, 1/2 line long. Corolla red, slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod 1/8 in. long, short-stalked, glabrous.
