Flower; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 4/2010 © Jörn Germer
Flowers, side view; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 4/2010 © Jörn Germer
Back of flower; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 4/2010 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 4/2010 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 4/2010 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 4/2010 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1253
Date of entry: 12.04.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Scorpion Senna
German: Strauchkornwicke, Strauchwicke
Kingdom: Plantae (2728)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2226)
Order: Fabales (245)
Family: Fabaceae (245)(family description)
Genus: Emerus (1)
Epithet: major Mill. (4)
Synonyms: Coronilla emerus L., Hippocrepis emerus (L.) Lassen
emerus => domesticated, cultivated
major => larger than the type
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: yellow