Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Securigera varia (L.) Lassen, Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 83: 84 (1989)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Coronilla varia L., Sp. Pl. 743 (1753)
Description
Scrambling perennial herb; stems glabrous, ribbed. Lvs glabrous or with short hairs on rachis and petiole and sometimes on mid-veins of leaflets; leaflets shortly petiolulate, ± oblong, truncate and mucronate, in (5)–7–12 ± opposite pairs, 6–20 mm long; stipules subulate, entire, free. Umbels (5)–10–20-flowered; bracts 0; bracteoles subtending fls entire, c. 1 mm long; peduncles > lvs. Calyx glabrous; calyx teeth triangular, much < tube. Corolla light purplish pink, (6)–8–15 mm long. Pod glabrous, oblong, ± straight, tetragonous, (15)–20–60–(80) mm long, with (1)–3–8–(12), 1-seeded segments; seeds smooth, brown, c. 3–4 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Coronilla varia L.]
Biostatus
Exotic
Phenology
Flowering: Dec.–Feb.
Bibliography
Lassen, P. 1989a: A new delimitation of the genera Coronilla, Hippocrepis and Securigera (Fabaceae). Willdenowia 19: 49–62.
Lassen, P. 1989b: Om kroniller, släktet Coronilla, i Norden. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 83: 83–86.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
