Trigonella corniculata, (L.) 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 : 151

4. T. corniculata (L.) L. , Syst. Nat. ed. 10,2:1180 (1759).

Stems 10-55 cm, procumbent to erect, glabrous or subglabrous. Leaflets 10-40 x 7-35 mm, linear-lanceolate to obovate, obtuse, sometimes emarginate. Racemes ovate-oblong, 8- to 15-flowered; peduncles up to 6 cm; pedicels c. 3 mm. Calyx 3-4 mm, the teeth unequal, as long as or shorter than tube; corolla 6-7 mm, yellow; wings shorter than keel. Legume 10-16 x (1-5—)2—3 mm, pendent, linear, acuminate, compressed, somewhat curved, glabrous, with thin transverse veins. Seeds 1-1-5 mm, oblong, tuberculate. 2« =16. Mediterranean region. Al Bu?Cr Ga G r Hs It Ju Si.