Lygos sphaerocarpa, (L.) Heywood

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 : 101

1. L. sphaerocarpa (L.) Heywood , Feddes Repert. 79: 53 (1968)

( Rétama sphaerocarpa (L.) Boiss. ).

Up to 2 m, much-branched. Branches erect or ascending, glabrous. Leaves linear to linearlanceolate, sericeous-pubescent, deciduous. Racemes dense. Calyx 3 mm, glabrous or pubescent, persistent in fruit; upper lip 2-lobed, the lower with 3 long teeth. Corolla 5-8 mm, yellow; standard suborbicular, glabrous or sparsely hairy; wings lanceolate, shorter than the obtuse keel. Legume 7-9 mm, ovoid to globose, muticous or shortly apiculate, smooth. Dry places, mainly on sandy soils. E. Portugal, C. & S. Spain. Hs Lu.