Hippocrepis comosa
| Hippocrepis comosa | |
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| 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 (horseshoe vetch[1]) is a flowering plant.[2] It is the sole food of the Chalkhill Blue butterfly, Polyommatus coridon.[3]
References
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007" (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ Hippocrepis comosa
- ↑ Elizabeth Kolbert. Field Notes from a Catastrophe
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