Common name
English: Scorpion Senna
German: Strauchkornwicke, Strauchwicke
English: Scorpion Senna
German: Strauchkornwicke, Strauchwicke
Kingdom: Plantae (2605)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2502)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2117)
Order: Fabales (238)
Family: Fabaceae (238)(family description)
Genus: Emerus (1)
Epithet: major Mill. (3)
Synonyms: Coronilla emerus L., Hippocrepis emerus (L.) Lassen
emerus => domesticated, cultivated
major => larger than the type
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: yellow