Genista lydia, Boiss.

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 : 96

3. G. lydia Boiss. , Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 1(2): 8 (1843)

(G. rumelica Velen., G. rhodopea Velen.). Procumbent or erect shrub up to 100 cm; stems not winged. Leaves 3-10 x 1-3 mm, linearoblanceolate or linear-oblong, subglabrous, entire and without a hyaline margin. Flowers in short racemes on lateral branches. Calyx 3-5-5 mm, glabrous, the lips almost as long as the tube. Standard 10-12 mm, broadly ovate. E. part o f Balkan peninsula. Bu G r Ju Tu. Sect. sPARTioiDES Spach. Unarmed , with simple leaves. Standard broadly ovate, equalling the wings and keel, usually sericeous. Keel and legume sericeous. Legume narrowly oblong with appressed to semi-patent hairs. Seeds 2 or more.