|
|
| |
MaltaWildPlants.com by Stephen Mifsud |
|
| |
|
 |  |  | |
External Links: |
Hymenocarpos circinnatus (Spiny Kidney Vetch) |
Hymenocarpos circinnatus (FABACEAE.) Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
|
Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Hymenocarpos circinnatus(L.) Savi
Published in (L.) Savi, Fl. Pis. 2: 205 (1798) |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
|
Plant Family : |
Fabaceae
Lindl. (=Leguminosae) (The Pea Family) 106 species from the Fabaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Spiny Kidney Vetch |
Maltese name(s) : |
Nefel ta' Għawdex |
Status for Malta : |
Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man |
Frequency : |
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE ( prostate plants with flowers close to the ground )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Not legally protected till the last update of this website (25/Sep/2021) |
Red List (1989) : |
Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.) |
Flowering Time : |
March – April |
Colour of Flowers: |
Yellow |
Name Derivation : |
Hymenocarpos:
circinnatus:
|
|
Description, Habitat and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Stems up to 30 cm, densely patent-pubescent. Lower leaves simple, obovate-oblong, upper with 2-3 pairs of leaflets, the terminal much larger than the lateral. Calyx-teeth filiform, much longer than tube; corolla 5-7 mm. Legume 10-15 mm in diameter, the outer margin often toothed. |
Distributional range: |
S. Europe, westwards to S.E. France. |
Distributional map in Europe and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
|
Occurrences in Europe. (from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region. (from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
|
AE(G) Ag Al Bu Co Cr Cy Eg Ga(F) Gr Hs(S) Ir It Jo Ju Le Sa Si(M S) Sn Sy Tn Tu(A E) |
|
| | |