Taxon: Anthyllis vulneraria L.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. carpatica (3 accessions)
• Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. maritima (no accessions)
• Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. polyphylla (3 accessions)
• Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. vulneraria (no accessions)

Common names:

• kidney-vetch   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• lady's-fingers   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – English
  
• woundwort   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – English
  
• anthyllide vulnéraire   (Source: L Noms French ed7 ) – French
  
• anthyllis vulnéraire   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• trèfle jaune des sables   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• vulnéraire   (Source: L Noms French ed6 ) – French
  
• Tannenklee   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  
• Wundklee   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• antillide   (Source: Mult Glossary Crops ) – Italian
  
• erba vulneraria   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Italian
  
• vulneraria   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Italian
  
• hierba llaguera   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• vulneraría   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• getväppling   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Animal food: fodder   (grazing, hay fide Leg WorldEc; Food Feed Crops US)
  
• Animal food: forage   (grazing, hay fide Leg WorldEc; Food Feed Crops US)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Morocco; Tunisia
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran [n.w.]; Israel; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Faroe Islands; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Tasmania
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States

• EUROPE
  Europe
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  North America

References:

• Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6.
• Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
• Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii).
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979–1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2.
• Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Anthyllis vulneraria.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Anthyllis vulneraria.

Synonyms:

• Anthyllis arenaria (Rupr.) Juz. [= Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. polyphylla]
  
• Anthyllis carpatica Pant. [≡ Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. carpatica]
  
• Anthyllis macrocephala Wender. [= Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. polyphylla]
  
• Anthyllis maritima Schweigg. [≡ Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. maritima]
  
• Anthyllis polyphylla (DC.) Kit. ex G. Don [≡ Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. polyphylla]
  
• (=) Anthyllis rubicunda Wender. ex Steud.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Anthyllis vulgaris (W. D. J. Koch) A. Kern. [= Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. carpatica]
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• Anthyllis vulneraria var. polyphylla DC. [≡ Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. polyphylla]
  
• Anthyllis vulneraria var. vulgaris W. D. J. Koch [= Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. carpatica]
  

Check other web resources for Anthyllis vulneraria L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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