Genista lobelii, DC.

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 : 97

17. G. lobelii DC. in Lam. & DC., Fl. Fr. ed. 3, 4: 499 (1805).

Branches sometimes flexuous. Leaves 2-5 x 0*5-2 mm, elliptical to obovate, sericeous beneath, subglabrous above, caducous. Flowers borne singly in the axil of each bract, usually only one or two on each branch. Bracteoles less than 1 mm, borne at the middle of the pedicel. Pedicels 4 -9(-11) mm, slender. Calyx 4-6 mm, with short appressed hairs. Standard 8-12 mm, ovate, densely sericeous. Calcicole. • Mountains of S.E. France, S. & S. E. Spain. Ga Hs.

Sometimes divided into two subspecies: subsp. lobelii , from S.E. France, with the pulvini not bidentate and the legume 13-15 mm, lanceolate-oblong, 3- to 4-seeded; and subsp. longipes (Pau) Heywood , Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 5: 519 (1957), from S. & S.E. Spain, with the pulvini bidentate and the legume 9-10 mm, ovate-oblong, 1- to 2-seeded. The pulvinus is not a reliable character and recent collections from at least one locality in Spain have the longer, 3- to 4-seeded legume of subsp. lobelii . Occasional plants from France also have a short 1- to 2-seeded legume.