Family |
Fabaceae
Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides
(Boiss. & Spruner) Greuter & Burdet ex Lassen
Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides (Boiss. & Spruner) Greuter & Burdet ex Lassen
≡ Hippocrepis emeroides Boiss. & Spruner
(Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 83: 86; 1989. — Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 192; 1969, as Hippocrepis emeroides)
• Life-form & habit: Woody, climbing shrub.
• Leaves: Odd-pinnate with several pairs of leaflets.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Yellow papilionaceous flowers, subsessile or shortly pedunculate.
• Calyx: Campanulate, teeth subequal, the two upper partly fused.
• Fruit: Loment with strongly curved, compressed joints resembling a horseshoe, margins deeply excavated.
• Phenology: Flowers in spring (March–May).
• Habitat & elevation: Thickets, scrub, and forest margins, mostly in montane zones.
• Lebanese distribution: Reported by Mouterde from the mountains of Lebanon (general mention, without detailed stations).
• Native range: Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Greece, Italy, Krym, Lebanon–Syria, Libya, North Caucasus, NW Balkan Peninsula, Romania, Sicilia, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe (POWO).