Hippocrepis emerus - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Hippocrepis emerus, common name: Scorpion Senna, is a perennial plant belonging to the genus Hippocrepis

Hippocrepis

Hippocrepis is a genus of ornamental plants in the family Fabaceae....

Fabaceae

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...

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Description

Hippocrepis emerus reaches on average 50–150 cm (19.7–59.1 ) of height, with a maximum height of 200 centimetres (78.7 in). This plant has a lignified stem with green branches bearing five to nine leaflets. These leaves are glossy, obovate, imparipinnate, with their maximum width above the middle and often larger extremities. The flowers are pale yellow, 14–20 mm (0.551181102362205–0.78740157480315 ) long, arranged in groups of 1 to 5. The petals are "nailed", meaning they have a long handle ("nail") and a "plate". The nails of the petals are two to three times longer than the calyx. These plants are hermaphrodite and entomophilous and their flowering period extends from April through July. Their legumes (seed pods) are oblong-cylindrical and 5–11 cm (2–4.3 ) long, with three to twelve segments.

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Distribution

This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Meditarranian countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor and Tunisia.

Habitat

The typical habitats of these shrubs are the woods and bushes, the sunny, warm and dry slopes and the forest edges. They can be found at an altitude of 0–1850 m (0–6,069.6 ).

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