Taxon:  Hippocrepis emerus (L.) Lassen subsp. emerus



Summary
Genus:
Hippocrepis
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Loteae
Nomen number:
405375
Verified:
05/31/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Hippocrepis emerus (L.) Lassen (0 active accession[s])
Hippocrepis emerus (L.) Lassen subsp. emeroides (Boiss. & Spruner) Greuter & Burdet ex Lassen (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Coronilla emerus L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Coronilla emerus L. subsp. emerus

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Reference(s)
  1. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  2. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Coronilla emerus
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English scorpion-senna as Coronilla emerus 1 Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Coronilla emerus
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway s.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden s.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeYugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain e.
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Norway (s.), Sweden (s.)
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Yugoslavia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (e.), France (incl. Corsica)
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalas Coronilla emerusHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.carc.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=405375. Accessed 9 May 2025.