Common name
English: Spanish Kidney Vetch
German: Spanischer Wundklee
Portuguese: Vulnerária
English: Spanish Kidney Vetch
German: Spanischer Wundklee
Portuguese: Vulnerária
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Anthyllis (3)
Epithet: vulneraria L. (3)
Subspecies: iberica (W.Becker) Jalas
Synonyms: Anthyllis linnaei (Sagorski) Juz., Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. corbierei (Salmon & Travis) Cullen
iberica => refering to the Iberian peninsular or to Caucasian Iberia, corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of present day Georgia
vulneraria => for healing wounds
Climate: temperate
Habitat: xerophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, red
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