Trigonella monspeliaca, 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 : 152

17. T. monspeliaca L. , Sp. Pl. Ill (1753).

Stems up to 35 cm, densely appressed-pubescent. Leaflets 4- 10 x 3-7 mm, obovatecuneate, entire to incise-serrate. Racemes subumbellate, 4- to 14-flowered, subsessile; pedicels up to 1 mm. Calyx c. 3 mm, the teeth slightly longer than tube; corolla c. 4 mm, yellow. Legume 7-17 x 1-1-5 mm, pendent, linear, slightly curved upwards, usually pubescent, with thick oblique veins. Seeds c. 1 - 5 mm, brown, finely tuberculate. C. & S. Europe, extending to Belgium and W. France. Al Au Be BI Bu Cr Co Cz Ga Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Rm Rs (W, K) Sa Si Tu.