Hippocrepis comosa

Hippocrepis comosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Hippocrepis
Species: H. comosa
Binomial name
Hippocrepis comosa
L.

Hippocrepis comosa, known as Horseshoe Vetch,[1] is a flowering plant. It is the sole food of the butterfly species Polyommatus coridon, or the Chalkhill Blue.[2]

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Elizabeth Kolbert. Field Notes from a Catastrophe.