Anthyllis barba-jovis

{{Short description|Species of anthyllis}}

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| image_caption = Mature individual at Point de la Douane, Ramatuelle.

| genus = Anthyllis

| species = barba-jovis

| authority = L.

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Anthyllis barba-jovis or Jupiter's beard is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Fabaceae.{{cite magazine |date=1986 |first=Zinka |last=Pavletić |title=Jupiterova brada (Anthyllis barba-jovis L.) |page=268 |magazine=Priroda: popularni časopis hrvatskog prirodoslovnog društva |issn=0351-0662 |volume=74 |issue=9–10 |url=http://library.foi.hr/lib/casopis.php?sqlx=S00001&H=&E=&lok=&broj=198609-10&sqlid=1 |trans-title=Jupiter's Beard (Anthyllis barba-jovis L.)}}

Its native range is in the European and Southwest Mediterranean.{{cite web |date=2001-06-14 |editor-first1=Yury |editor-last1=Roskov |editor-first2=F. A. |editor-last2=Bisby |editor-first3=J. L. |editor-last3=Zarucchi |editor-first4=B. D. |editor-last4=Schrire |editor-first5=R. J. |editor-last5=White |title=Anthyllis barba-jovis L. |url=https://ildis.org/AliceWeb/6.00/taxa/4886.shtml |website=International Legume Database and Information Service}}

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Distribution

It is found native in Greece the former Yugoslavia, Italy, France, Spain, Algeria, and Tunisia.{{cite web |date=2010–2024 |author=ILDIS |title=Anthyllis barba-jovis |url=https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/42f7b704-acc8-4918-a5dd-1db19f583d10 |website=Euro+Med PlantBase}}

Habitat

It grows in littoral areas among limestone outcroppings.

Description

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It is a shrub, reaching or exceeding 1.5&m in height. It is often highly branched.

It is characterized by silver-gray odd-pinnate leaves, in 4-9 pairs.

Its zygomorphous flowers are long, yellow-white, with 10 stamina and 5 bracts.

Its fruit is a legume with multiple seeds.

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