Colutea orientalis, 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 : 107

4. C. orientalis Miller , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 3 (1768)

(C. cruenta Aiton). Shrub up to 3 m. Young shoots slender, completely glabrous. Leaflets 3-4 pairs, up to 18x15 mm, broadly obovate or orbicular, bluish-green. Corolla 11-13 mm, orange-red; keel with a small beak, darker at the apex; wings falcate, shorter than keel. Ovary glabrous. Legume up to 4 x 2 cm, narrowing and curved upwards towards the apex, dehiscing at the apex. Seeds up to 2-5 mm. Often cultivated in gardens, and occasionally naturalized in S. Europe. [Ju Rs (K).] (Caucasian region.)