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Common name

English: Scorpion Senna

German: Strauchkornwicke, Strauchwicke

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Fabales (241)

        Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)

          Genus: Emerus (1)

            Epithet: major Mill. (4)

Synonyms: Coronilla emerus L., Hippocrepis emerus (L.) Lassen

emerus => domesticated, cultivated

major => larger than the type

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: yellow

External links

Check for Emerus major at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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