Pea Family - Small Groups
Pea Family - Fabaceae
Narrow-leaved Lupin Lupinus angustifoliusNative to the Mediterranean Region.
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Bitter Blue Lupin Lupinus gussoneanus
Native throughout the Mediterranean region. Flowers relatively small, 10-14mm long; calyx with bipartite upper lip.
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Downy Lupin Lupinus pilosus
Native from the southern Balkans, through western Turkey to the Levant. Flowers relatively large, 15-20mm long; calyx with bipartite upper lip.
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Gredos Lupin Lupinus gredensis
Native to the Iberian Peninsula. Occurence in Greece is considered by some to be proof of a disjunct, native population, but others think it more likely to have been introduced here. Flowers carried in neat whorls, dull yellow, fading to dull purple with age.
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Common Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. rubriflora
The species is native throughout Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, with the subspecies rubriflora being widespread in lowland Mediterranean areas.
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Disc Vetch Anthyllis circinnata
(Hymenocarpos circinnatus) Native to the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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Bladder Vetch Tripodion tetraphyllum
(Anthyllis tetraphylla) Native to the Mediterranean Region.
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Annual Scorpion-vetch Coronilla scorpioides
Native throughout the Mediterranean region eastwards to Iran.
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Caterpillar-plant Scorpiurus muricatus
Native from Macaronesia through the Mediterranean Region to Iran.
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