Dorycnium Miller

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 : 172

58. Dorycnium Miller 1

Perennial herbs or small shrubs. Leaves 5-foliolate, the lowest pair simulating stipules; stipules minute, free. Flowers in axillary heads. Calyx campanulate, with 5 equal or unequal teeth; corolla white or pink, with an obtuse, dark red or black keel; stamens diadelphous. Legume oblong to ovoid-globose, dehiscent. Seeds 1-many.

Literature: M. Rikli, Bot. Jahrb. 31: 314-404 (1901).

1 Corolla 10-20 mm 1. hirsutum 1 Corolla 3-7 mm 2 At least the lower and middle cauline leaves with a rhachis at least 5 mm long 2. rectum 2 Leaves without or with a very short rhachis 3 Calyx-teeth equal; legume 5-7 mm, cylindrical 3. graecum 3 Calyx-teeth ± unequal, the lowest distinctly longer than the upper 2; legume 3-5 mm, ovoid-globose 4. pentaphyllum