Coronilla valentina

Coronilla valentina, the shrubby scorpion-vetch[2] or scorpion vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Coronilla of the legume family Fabaceae, native to the Mediterranean Basin (Portugal, Spain, Morroco, France, Algeria, Italy, Malta, Tunisia, Libya, Croatia (Dalmatia), Albania, Greece and Turkey) and was introduced in Kenya and in the United States.[1] It is an evergreen shrub growing to 80 cm (31 in) tall and wide, with pea-like foliage and fragrant, brilliant yellow flowers in spring and summer, followed by slender pods.[3] Linnaeus observed that the flowers, remarkably fragrant in the daytime, are almost scentless at night.[4]

Coronilla valentina
C. valentina in Jardin des plantes, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Coronilla
Species:
C. valentina
Binomial name
Coronilla valentina

The subspecies C. valentina subsp. glauca[5] (syn. C. glauca) and its cultivar 'Citrina'[6] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (confirmed 2017).[7]

References
  1. Contu, S. (2012). "Coronilla valentina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T19891909A20043696. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  4. Curtis, William (1787). "Coronilla glauca". The Botanical Magazine. 1: Pl. 13.
  5. "RHS Plant Selector - C. valentina subsp. glauca". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  6. "RHS Plant Selector - C. valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina'". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  7. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 22. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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