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Retama sphaerocarpa - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Ladoeiro, Castelo Branco, Portugal; 6/2012 © Jörn Germer

Retama sphaerocarpa - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Retama sphaerocarpa - Fruits - Click to enlarge!

Fruits; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Retama sphaerocarpa - Fruit and seed - Click to enlarge!

Fruit and seed; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Retama sphaerocarpa - Stem section - Click to enlarge!

Stem section; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Retama sphaerocarpa - Branches - Click to enlarge!

Branches; Ladoeiro, Castelo Branco, Portugal; 6/2012 © Jörn Germer

Retama sphaerocarpa - Branches - Click to enlarge!

Branches; Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Retama sphaerocarpa - Twigs - Click to enlarge!

Twigs; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Retama sphaerocarpa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Retama sphaerocarpa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Ladoeiro, Castelo Branco, Portugal; 6/2012 © Jörn Germer

Retama sphaerocarpa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 922
Date of entry: 08.09.2008
Last update: 12.01.2020

Common name

German: Retama-Ginster

Portuguese: Piorno-amarelo

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Retama (3)

            Epithet: sphaerocarpa Boiss. (1)

Synonyms: Genista sphaerocarpa Lam., Lygos sphaerocarpa (L.) Heywood

sphaerocarpa => round-fruit

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: helophytic

Habit: shrub

External links

Check for Retama sphaerocarpa at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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