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Hymenocarpos circinnatus (Spiny Kidney Vetch) |
Hymenocarpos circinnatus (FABACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Hymenocarpos circinnatus (L.) Savi
Published in (L.) Savi, Fl. Pis. 2: 205 (1798) | Synonyms : |
Basionym or principal synonym:
Circinnus circinnatus
Full list of synonyms :
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Plant Family : | Fabaceae (=Leguminosae) The Pea Family 106 Fabaceae species recorded from Malta.
Lindl. | 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 (Creeping plants)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-Apr | Colour of Flowers: | Yellow |
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| Species Description 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):
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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.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
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) |
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