Trigonella maritima, Delile ex Poiret

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 : 151

3. T. maritima Delile ex Poiret in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot., Suppl. 5: 361 (1817).

Stems 5^10 cm, procumbent, glabrous. Leaflets 5-10 x 5-8 mm, ovate, truncate or emarginate, denticulate, glabrous or sparsely hairy beneath. Racemes subumbellate, (3-)5- to 10-flowered; peduncles 1-2 cm; pedicels 1-1-5 mm. Calyx 2-2-5 mm, the teeth | as long as tube; corolla 6-7 mm, yellow. Legume 10-16x2-3 mm, pendent, linear, somewhat curved and deflexed, subglabrous or sparsely hairy, with thick, oblique veins. Seeds c. 1 mm, ovoid, brown, smooth. Dry places. C. Mediterranean region. It Sa Si. (N. Africa, S. W. Asia.)