Flora of North America species comparison

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Colutea

bladder-senna, colutea
Habit Shrubs, unarmed.
Stems

erect to somewhat spreading, glabrous or pubescent.
Leaves

alternate, odd-pinnate;

stipules present;

petiolate;

leaflets 7–13, blade margins entire, surfaces pubescent.
Inflorescences

3–8-flowered, axillary, racemes;

bracts absent;

bracteoles present.
Flowers

papilionaceous;

calyx campanulate, lobes 5;

corolla bright yellow [orange- or brownish red], banner sometimes with red markings;

stamens 10, diadelphous;

anthers basifixed, opening laterally.
Fruits

legumes, stipitate, bladdery-inflated, straight [curved adaxially], ellipsoid-orbicular, indehiscent [opening apically], glabrate.
Seeds

ca. 10, orbicular-reniform;

hilum lateral.
x

= 8.

Colutea
Distribution
from USDA
Europe; Asia; n Africa; temperate regions [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Species ca. 25 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11. Author: Peter W. Ball.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae
Subordinate taxa
C. arborescens
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 723. (1753): Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 323. (1754)
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