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Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca
Photo is of parent taxon

Mediterranean crownvetch
Habit Shrubs 20–110 cm.
Stems

terete.
Leaves

2–4 × 1.5–2 cm, glaucous;

stipules deciduous, distinct, linear, 2–6 mm, membranous;

leaflet blades obovate, 5–15 × 3–10 mm, base cuneate, apex emarginate, mucronate.
Inflorescences

2.5–3 cm diam.;

bracteoles connate, forming cup at base of pedicel, 1 mm.
Peduncles

2–7 cm.
Pedicels

3–5 mm.
Flowers

calyx weakly zygomorphic, 2–3.5 mm, lobes 0.3–1 mm;

corolla 7–12 × 5–8 mm, keel acute.
Seeds

brown, 3.5 × 1.5 mm.
Loments

brown, 10–30(–50) × 2.3–3 mm, longitudinally veined, veins anastomosing;

segments 1–4(–10), 6.5–7 mm.
2n

= 12.

Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca
Phenology Flowering spring.
Habitat Sides of roads and trails, shaded oak canyons.
Elevation 10–300 m. (0–1000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; s Europe; nw Africa [Introduced in North America]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies glauca is apparently spreading from cultivation into disturbed native vegetation in Los Angeles County; it was first collected in 1988. Subspecies valentina has leaves with 7–13 leaflets [versus (3–)5–7 in subsp. glauca] and herbaceous stipules, 5–10 mm.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Coronilla > Coronilla valentina
Synonyms C. glaca
Name authority (Linnaeus) Battandier in J. A. Battandier et al.: Fl. Algérie 1(1): 285. (1889)
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