Biology:Coronilla valentina
| Coronilla valentina | |
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| C. valentina in Jardin des plantes, Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Coronilla |
| Species: | C. valentina
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| Binomial name | |
| Coronilla valentina | |
Coronilla valentina, the shrubby scorpion-vetch,[2] scorpion vetch or bastard senna,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Coronilla of the legume family Fabaceae, native to the Mediterranean Basin, and introduced into Kenya and the United States.[1] It is an evergreen shrub growing to 80 cm (31 in) tall and wide, with pea-like foliage and fragrant, brilliant yellow flowers in spring and summer, followed by slender pods.[4] Linnaeus observed that the flowers, remarkably fragrant in the daytime, are almost scentless at night.[5]
In cultivation it is fairly hardy, but prefers Mediterranean conditions, with shelter and warm sunshine. The subspecies C. valentina subsp. glauca[6] (syn. C. glauca) and its cultivar 'Citrina'[7] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (confirmed 2017).[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Contu, S. (2012). "Coronilla valentina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T19891909A20043696. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19891909A20043696.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19891909/20043696. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ "Coronilla valentina". RHS. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/4421/Coronilla-valentina/Details.
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ↑ Curtis, William (1787). "Coronilla glauca". The Botanical Magazine 1: Pl. 13. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Botanical_Magazine/Volume_1/13.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - C. valentina subsp. glauca". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/98759/Coronilla-valentina-subsp-glauca/Details. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - C. valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina'". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/53148/Coronilla-valentina-subsp-glauca-Citrina/Details. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 22. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q5221015 entry
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