Chamaecytisus spinescens, (C. Presi) Rothm.

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 : 91

3. C. spinescens (C. Presi) Rothm. , loc. cit. (1944)

( Cytisus spinescens C. Presi , C. subspinescens Briq. ).

Up to 20 cm, muchbranched; branches appressed-white-pubescent when young, later becoming spinose. Leaflets 3-11 x 1-3 mm, obovate-cuneate, obtuse or acute, appressed-pubescent above, sericeous beneath. Flowers 1 or 2 in a fascicle. Calyx appressed-pubescent. Corolla pale yellow; standard 23-33 mm. Legume pubescent along the sutures only. • C. & S. Italy; W. Jugoslavia.?Gr It Ju. Plants with leaves silvery-pubescent on both surfaces and the legume wholly sericeous occur in various parts of the range.