Anthyllis L.

63. Anthyllis L. View in CoL 2

(Inch Physanthyllis Boiss. , Cornicina Boiss. (DC.) and Dorycnopsis Boiss. )

Shrubs or herbs. Leaves usually imparipinnate, rarely simple or 3-foliolate. Stipules small, caducous. Flowers usually in dense heads, rarely in fascicles or borne singly in the bract-axils. Calyx tubular, campanulate or constricted near the apex, with equal or unequal teeth; corolla variously coloured; stamens monadelphous, or the upper stamen free for up to | its length. Legume sessile or stipitate, frequently indéhiscent or tardily dehiscent, usually completely included within the persistent calyx. Seeds 1-many.

Measurements of the calyx given in the keys and descriptions are at anthesis and include the teeth unless these are specifically excluded.

1 Shrubs or undershrubs with woody branches 2 Flowers in terminal heads; bracts subtending the heads palmatisect 3Leaflets 3-5, the terminal leaflets much larger than the lateral

6. henoniana 3Leaflets very numerous, all ± the same size 4 Leaflets narrowly elliptical; calyx 4-6 mm 4. barba-jovis 4 Leaflets very narrowly elliptical to linear; calyx 6-5-9 mm

5. aegaea 2 Flowers in axillary fascicles or solitary; bracts simple 5 Plant spiny; branches tortuous 3. hermanniae 5 Plant not spiny; branches straight or flexuous 6 At least the upper leaves 3-foliolate; calyx 4-5-7 mm

1. cytisoides 6 All leaves simple; calyx 3-4-5 mm 2. terniflora 1 Herbs, sometimes slightly woody at the base, but never with woody branches 7 Calyx inflated at anthesis, gibbous, constricted at the apex 8 Calyx unequally 5-toothed, the mouth oblique; legume 1-

seeded, or if 2-seeded then not constricted between the seeds 15. vulneraria

8 Calyx ±AEqually 5-toothed, the mouth straight; legume 2-

seeded, constricted between the seeds 16. tetraphylla

7 Calyx not inflated at anthesis (rarely slightly inflated in fruit),

neither gibbous nor constricted at the apex

9 Annual

10 Legume straight; heads 4- to 8-flowered 17. lotoides

10 Legume curved; heads more than 8-flowered

11 Legume not winged, falcate, beaked, the beak exserted from the calyx; calyx 7-8 mm 19. hamosa

11 Legume winged, circinate or annular, not beaked, completely included within the calyx; calyx 5-7 mm

18. comicina

9 Perennial, woody at the base

12 Calyx 1-5-6 mm; middle cauline leaves with 5-11 leaflets

13 Calyx 4-6 mm, the teeth linear, plumose 12. ramburii

13 Calyx 1-5-3 mm, the teeth broadly triangular, not plumose

14 Leaves glaucous, mostly near the base of the stem; corolla yellow 13. onobrychoides

14 Leaves green, evenly distributed along the stem; corolla pink 14. gerardi

12 Calyx (4-)6-5-12 mm; middle cauline leaves with 13-41 leaflets

15 Leaves confined to lower J of the stem; petiole dilated, sheathing and striate

16 Corolla red to purple; calyx-teeth plumose, ±as long as the tube 7. montana

16 Corolla yellow; calyx-teeth not plumose, much shorter than the tube 8. aurea

15 Leaves evenly distributed along the stem; petiole not dilated, sheathing or striate

17 Stems procumbent or decumbent; leaves densely tomentose 10. tejedensis

17 Stems erect or ascending; leaves villous to hirsute

18 Calyx 6-9 mm, with teeth as long as the tube; standard obovate-orbicular 9. polycephala

18 Calyx 10-12 mm, with teeth shorter than the tube; standard ovate 11. rupestris