Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Coronilla glauca L.
Family : LEGUMINOSAE
Genus : Coronilla
Catalan common name : Carolina.
Spanish common name : Coletuy. Coronilla. Lentejuela. Ruda inglesa.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Gerona. Tarragona.
Distribution in the islands : Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : Mediterranean
Flowering time : February. March. April. May. June.
Life-forms : Nanophanerophyte.
Habitat : Gardens and sometimes naturalizated.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A shrub form the Legume family with yellow flowers grouped in terminal clusters. Leaves are composite, imparipinnate, petiolated, without hairs and with a very evident Terminal mucro. The folioles have an obovate shape (egg shaped, but narrow at the base, not the tip.)
Status : Alien species.
