Anthyllis hermanniae

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Fabaceae}}

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|genus = Anthyllis

|species = hermanniae

|authority = L.Sp. Pl.: 720 (1753)

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• Aspalathoides aspalathi (Ser.) K.Koch
• Aspalathoides hermanniae (L.) K.Koch
• Aspalathus cretica L.
• Aspalathus erinacea Lam.
• Aspalathus spiniflora L'Hér. ex Steud.
• Barba-jovis linearifolia Moench
• Cytisus graecus L.
• Fakeloba cretica (L.) Raf.
• Genista albanica F.K.Mey.
• Genista cretica (L.) Spach
• Spartium creticum (L.) Desf.
• Zenopogon herrmanniae (L.) Link

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|synonyms_ref ={{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:474699-1 |title=Anthyllis hermanniae L. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=7 July 2020 }}

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Anthyllis hermanniae, called the lavender-leaved anthyllis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Anatolia, Greece, the Balkans, and many Mediterranean islands, including Corsica.{{cite web |title=Anthyllis hermanniae L. |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/5352341 |website=gbif.org |publisher=GBIF Secretariat |author=GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. |access-date=7 July 2020 }} Coleophora hermanniella, a species of moth found only on Corsica, feeds exclusively on A.{{nbsp}}hermanniae. A low perennial shrub, it is cultivated as a garden plant, and was formerly cultivated as far north as the United Kingdom, until the great frost of 1739 wiped them out there.{{cite book |last=Wilkes |first=John |author-link=John Wilkes (printer) |date=1810 |title=Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature: Comprehending, Under One General Alphabetical Arrangement, All the Words and Substance of Every Kind of Dictionary Extant in the English Language: In Which the Improved Departments of the Mechanical Arts, the Liberal Sciences, the Higher Mathematics, and the Several Branches of Polite Literature, Are Selected from the Acts, Memoirs, and Transactions, of the Most Eminent Literary Societies, in Europe, Asia, and America: Forming a Comprehensive View of the Rise, Progress, and Present State, of Human Learning in Every Part of the World: Embellished by a Most Magnificent Set of Copper-Plate Engravings |location=London |publisher=J. Adlard |volume=1 |page=762 }}

A. hermanniae is typically 1.5–2 feet tall, with crooked or zig-zag branches.{{Cite web|title=Anthyllis hermanniae - Trees and Shrubs Online|url=https://treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/anthyllis/anthyllis-hermanniae/|access-date=2021-06-11|website=treesandshrubsonline.org}} The leaves are simple or trifoliate, with soft silky hairs (more on the underside than the top).{{Cite web|last=Mifsud|first=Stephen|date=2002-08-23|title=Anthyllis hermanniae subsp. melitensis (Maltese Yellow Kidney Vetch) : MaltaWildPlants.com - the online Flora of the Maltese Islands.|url=http://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Anthyllis_hermanniae_subsp_melitensis.php|access-date=2021-06-11|website=www.maltawildplants.com|language=en-us}} This plant grows in a variety of habitats, but requires good drainage, often growing in rocky locations. It produces yellow flowers in late spring-early summer.{{Cite web|title=Anthyllis hermanniae|url=http://www.wildflowersofskopelos.org.uk/Yellow_Orange/Pages/Anthyllis_hermanniae.html|access-date=2021-06-11|website=www.wildflowersofskopelos.org.uk}}

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