Pea Family - Small Groups

Disc Vetch Caterpillar-plant Bladder Vetch Small Crown Vetch



Pea Family - Fabaceae

Narrow-leaved Lupin      Lupinus angustifolius

Native to the Mediterranean Region.

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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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Small Crown Vetch      Coronilla rostrata

(Securigera parviflora) Native from South-east Europe to Iran.

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Caterpillar-plant      Scorpiurus muricatus

Native from Macaronesia through the Mediterranean Region to Iran.

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