Coronilla scorpioides(L.) Koch - Annual Scorpion Vetch
Scientific Description:
Annual herbs, 10−50 cm. Leaves glaucous, the lower ones simple, the upper trifoliate with the terminal leaflet much enlarged. Umbel 2−5-flowered; bracts c. 0.5 mm, fused into a ring. Flowers 4−8 mm, the tubes as long as the sepals. Lomenta 2−6 cm × 1−2 mm, arcuate, with 2−11 articulations.
Flowering time: March−July.
Habitat: Cultivated and disturbed ground, s.l.−1000 m.
Reference:
Chamberlain DF (1970). Coronilla scorpioides (L.) Koch, In: Davis PH (ed.) Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 3: 540.
Public Description:
Coronilla scorpioides, common name “annual scorpion vetch”, distributed in S. Europe and Türkiye. These are glabrous annual herbs with stems up to 35 cm tall and flowers are yellow. There is no known hazards of this plant. It is found in uncultivated fields, edges of crops and roads, pastures and thickets, preferably substrate limestone.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2016). https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronilla_scorpioides/, Accessed date: 09.02.2016.
Anonymous 2 (2016). http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Coronilla+scorpioides/, Accessed date: 09.02.2016.
Keskin M (2012). Coronilla L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 458.