Anthyllis vulneraria

Anthyllis vulneraria
Anthyllis vulneraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Anthyllis
Species: A. vulneraria
Binomial name
Anthyllis vulneraria
L.

Anthyllis vulneraria [1] (Common kidneyvetch, Kidney vetch, woundwort) is a medicinal plant[2] native to Europe. The name vulneraria means "wound healer".[citation needed]

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Description

Anthyllis vulneraria reaches 5–40 centimetres (2.0–16 in) of height. The stem is simple or more often branched. The leaves are imparipinnate, glabrous or with scattered hairs on the upper face and silky hairs on the underside.

The flower heads are spherical in shape and 10–20 millimetres (0.39–0.79 in) long. The flower are yellow in almost all sub-species, with the typical irregular shape of the flowers of legumes. Flowering takes place between June and September. The fruit is a legume. The fruits ripening takes place from July to October.

Kidney vetch is the foodplant of the small blue butterfly larvae.

Distribution and habitat

This plant is spontaneous in the entire Europe, from Iceland to the Mediterranean, in Asia Minor up to Iran, in North Africa and in Ethiopia. It is naturalized in North America. It prefers the dry grasslands and rocky environments with calcareous soil, up to 3000 m of altitude.

Subspecies

This species includes numerous subspecies (which some authors elevate to the role of separate species). An incomplete list is as follows:

  • A. vulneraria subsp. abyssinica (Sagorski) Cullen
  • A. vulneraria subsp. alpestris (Kit.) Asch. et Gr.
  • A. vulneraria subsp. baldensis (Kerner) Becker
  • A. vulneraria subsp. busambarensis (Lojac.) Pign.
  • A. vulneraria subsp. carpatica (Pant.) Nyman
  • A. vulneraria subsp. forondae (Sennen) Cullen
  • A. vulneraria subsp. iberica (W.Becker) Jalas
  • A. vulneraria subsp. maura (Beck) Lindb.
  • A. vulneraria subsp. polyphylla (D.C.) Nyman
  • A. vulneraria subsp. polyphylla (D.C.) Nyman x affinis Brittinger ex Kerner
  • A. vulneraria subsp. praepropera (Kerner) Bornm.
  • A. vulneraria subsp. praepropera (Kerner) Borm. x adriatica Beck
  • A. vulneraria subsp. pulchella (Vis.) Bornm.
  • A. vulneraria subsp. vulneraria
  • A. vulneraria subsp. vulnerarioides (All.) Arcang.
  • A. vulneraria subsp. vulnerarioides (All.) Arcang. x bonjeanii Beck
  • A. vulneraria subsp. weldeniana (Rchb.) Cullen
  • A. vulneraria subsp. weldeniana (Rchb.) Cullen x tricolor Vukot.
  • A. vulneraria subsp. weldeniana (Rchb.) Cullen x versicolor Sagorski
  • A. vulneraria subsp. valesiaca (Becker) Guyot

Gallery

Flower of Anthyllis vulneraria
Flower of Anthyllis vulneraria
Flowers of Anthyllis vulneraria
Leaves of Anthyllis vulneraria

References

  1. ^ Anthyllis vulneraria at USDA PLANTS Database
  2. ^ Anthyllis vulneraria at Plants For A Future

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