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Genus Anthyllis L.

Род 439 (17). РАМЕНКА — ANTHYLLIS L.¹
L., Sp. PI. ed. 1 (1753) 719; Gen. PI. ed. 5 (1754) 325; Sagorski, Deutsche Bot. Monatschr. VIII (1890) 129—140, Allgem. Bot. Zeitschr. XIV (1908) 40—205 et XVII (1912) 37—35

Fam: Leguminosae Juss. (Fabaceae)
Genus: Anthyllis L.
English Name: Rosid dicot genus, Kidney-vetch

Description:

Shrubs, perennial or annual herbaceous plants, usually fibrous, without spines, rarely with them. Branches round. Leaves imparipinnate, rarely simple or triple. Sheets (1 - 3) 5 – 4), entire. Stipule styliform small, grassy, drop off, or missing. Usually numerous flowers on top of head inflorescences, rarely in groups or single in the bosom of the leaves. Calyx pipe-like to bell-shaped, often BLISTER bulbous, regular to bilabial unclear; teeth equal or unequal to one another, shorter, equal to or longer than the tube. Corolla yellow, red or purple, incorrect, with five petals. Stamens 10, fused to the middle in a tube, their stems on top expanded, anthers same. Ovary naked or fibrous. Beans ovoid or short linear, convex, elliptical cross-section, one- to many seeds, naked or fibrous usually fully incorporated into the durable calyx, no splits, or burst long after the maturing.. Seeds lenticular, smooth, without appendage. Pollinating insects are propagated by seed.

Economic importance. A number of species are decorative. Some races. of A. vulneraria are cultivated as fodder, but the economic importance of our wild forms forage is limited.

Table for determining the species

1   Calyx BLISTER bulbous. The lowest leaves with leaflet on the top, larger than the side ……….. ............................................ 3. - A. vulneraria L.
1* Calyx BLISTER not bulbous. Leaves with leaflet on the top equally with side or slightly different .......................................................................... 2
2    Corolla golden yellow. The teeth of the calyx considerably shorter than the tube .................................................. .................... 2. - A. aurea Weld.
2* Corolla pinkish red to purple. The teeth of the calyx more or less equal to the tube ..................................................................... 1. - A. montana L.
¹ developed a B. Kouzmanov

From „Флора на НР България”, том VI, БАН, София, (1976)

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Anthyllis is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. This genus contains both herbaceous and shrubby species and is distributed in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The most widespread and familiar species is A. vulneraria (kidney vetch), a familiar grassland flower which has also been introduced to New Zealand.
Anthyllis species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the following case-bearers of the genus Coleophora: C. acanthyllidis, C. protecta (both feed exclusively on A. tragacanthoides), C. hermanniella (feeds exclusively on A. hermanniae), C. vestalella (feeds exclusively on A. cytisoides) and C. vulnerariae (feeds exclusively on A. vulneraria).
From From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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References: „Флора на НР България”, том VI, БАН, София, (1976), Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Distribution in Bulgaria: (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc.
Distribution:

SPECIES:

Anthyllis vulneraria ssp. vitellina (Vel.) Kuzm. - Rosid dicot genus, Kidney-vetch

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