Dorycnium pentaphyllum, Scop.

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 : 173

4. D. pentaphyllum Scop. , FI. Carm ed. 2, 2: 87 (1772).

Perennial herb or small shrub 10-80 cm. Leaves without rhachis; leaflets linear to obovate-oblong. Calyx-teeth unequal; corolla 3-6(-7) mm, standard and wings white. Legume 3-5 mm, ovoid-globose. C. & S. Europe. Al Au BI Bu Co Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu Ju It Lu Po Rm Rs (K) Sa Si Tu.

The following subspecies are treated by many authors as species, but subspp. (a), (b) and (c) are often difficult to separate on purely morphological grounds. Subsp. (d) is generally welldefined and few intermediates occur except in S.E. France.

1 Heads 12- to 25-flowered; pedicels as long as or longer than calyx-tube

2Calyx-teeth about as long as tube (c) subsp. gracile 2 Calyx-teeth much shorter than tube (d) subsp. herbaceum 1 Heads 5- to 15-flowered; pedicels shorter than or as long as calyx-tube

3 Leaflets of the upper leaves 6-12 x 2-3 mm; standard apiculate (a) subsp. pentaphyllum

3Leaflets of the upper leaves (8-)10-20 x 2-4 mm; standard not or only slightly apiculate (b) subsp. germanicum