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Kidney-vetches
Anthyllis
Anthyllis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. This genus contains both herbaceous and shrubby species and is distributed in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The most widespread and familiar species is A. vulneraria (kidney vetch), a familiar grassland flower which has also been introduced to New Zealand.
Anthyllis species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the following case-bearers of the genus Coleophora: C. acanthyllidis, C. protecta (both feed exclusively on A. tragacanthoides), C. hermanniella (feeds exclusively on A. hermanniae), C. vestalella (feeds exclusively on A. cytisoides) and C. vulnerariae (feeds exclusively on A. vulneraria).
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Kidney-Vetch
speciesAnthyllis vulneraria
Hymenocarpos
sectionHymenocarpos
Anthyllis cytisoides
speciesAnthyllis cytisoides
Mountain Kidney-vetch
speciesAnthyllis montana
Jupiter's-beard
speciesAnthyllis barba-jovis
Yellow Kidney-Vetch
speciesAnthyllis hermanniae
Anthyllis terniflora
speciesAnthyllis terniflora
Anthyllis tejedensis
speciesAnthyllis tejedensis
Anthyllis hystrix
speciesAnthyllis hystrix
Anthyllis aurea
speciesAnthyllis aurea
Anthyllis lemanniana
speciesAnthyllis lemanniana
Anthyllis polycephala
speciesAnthyllis polycephala
Anthyllis lagascana
speciesAnthyllis lagascana
Anthyllis onobrychioides
speciesAnthyllis onobrychioides
Anthyllis ramburei
speciesAnthyllis ramburei
Anthyllis henoniana
speciesAnthyllis henoniana
Anthyllis rupestris
speciesAnthyllis rupestris
Anthyllis dalmatica
speciesAnthyllis dalmatica
Anthyllis warnieri
speciesAnthyllis warnieri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.261
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.35
Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.220
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.38
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.563
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.563
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.568
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.568
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.562
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.562
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.212
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.212
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 82686.