Anthyllis barba-jovis, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 178

4. A. barba-jovis L. , Sp. Pl. 720 (1753).

Shrub up to 90 cm, with woody branches. Leaves imparipinnate with (9-) 13-19 subequal, narrowly elliptical to narrowly obovate leaflets, sparsely green-sericeous above, densely silver-sericeous beneath. Flowers in terminal heads, subtended by digitate bracts close beneath the flowers. Heads usually more than 10-flowered. Calyx 4-6 mm, tubular-campanulate, the teeth long-triangular, shorter than the whitish-hairy tube. Corolla yellow. Seed 1. • Mediterranean region from E. Spain to N. Jugoslavia. Often cultivated.?A1 Co Cr Ga G r Hs It Ju Sa Si.