Coronilla
| Coronilla | |
|---|---|
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| Coronilla minima | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Loteae |
| Genus: | Coronilla L. |
Coronilla scorpioides
The genus Coronilla contains about 20 species of flowering plants native to Europe and North Africa.[1]
Coronilla species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the case-bearers Coleophora coronillae (which feeds exclusively on Coronilla varia) and Coleophora vicinella.
Coronilla minima. Note the characteristic ring of flowers which earns this genus the name crownvetches.
Species include:
- Coronilla glauca
- Coronilla iberica
- Coronilla minima
- Coronilla valentina (scorpion vetch)
- Coronilla varia L. (crown vetch)
See also
- Securigera, a segregate genus of Coronilla
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