Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. carpatica, (Pant.) Nyman Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. alpestris, Ascherson & Graebner

(s) Subsp. carpatica (Pant.) Nyman View in CoL , Consp., Suppl. 2 (1): 87 (1889)

{ A. vulgaris A. Kerner pro parte, A. carpatica Pant. ):

Stems 10-30 cm, ascending, sparsely sericeous; all leaves inequifoliolate with 1 —7(—9) leaflets. Calyx sparsely sericeous, usually concolorous; corolla pale yellow, rarely deep yellow or reddish. • N. W. & C. Europe. Cultivated for fodder elsewhere and often more or less naturalized. Be Br Cz Da Ga Ge Hb He It Ju Po.

Intermediates occur with almost every other subspecies with which it comes into geographical contact. Intermediates to subsp. (t), with which it is largely sympatric, occur throughout the Alps; the two subspecies appear to be ecologically partially isolated, subsp. (t) occurring at high altitudes. Intermediates to subsp. (c) { A. affinis Brittinger ex A. Kerner ) are widespread in the lowlands of Europe where they have been cultivated as fodder plants, this perhaps explaining their rather surprising occurrence in S. Belgium. Intermediates to subsp. (a) { A. pseudovulneraria Sagorski ) are common in N.W. Europe. Intermediates to subsp. (o) ( var. versicolor Sagorski ) occur in N. Italy and Slovenija.

(t) Subsp. alpestris Ascherson & Graebner View in CoL , Syn. Mitteleur. FI. 6 (2): 626 (1908)

{ A. alpestris Hegetschw. , non Reichenb.):

Like subsp. (s) but calyx longer, hirsute with greyish-black hairs. In = 12. • Cordillera Cantàbrica; Alps; Carpathians; mountains of the Balkan peninsula. Au Bu Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm.

Replaced in the Pyrenees by subsp. (u). A small, red-flowered variant { A. valesiaca G. Beck ) occurs in Switzerland (Valais).