Anthyllis montana

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Loteae
Genus: Anthyllis
Species: Anthyllis montana
Subspecies: A. m. subsp. atropurpurea – A. m. subsp. montana
Name

Anthyllis montana L., 1753
Synonyms

Barba-jovis montana (L.) Moench
Pogonitis montana (L.) Fourr.
Vulneraria montana (L.) Scop.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Albania, Greece, Italy, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia
Regional: Middle Europe
Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland
Regional: Southwestern Europe
France, Spain
Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Algeria

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 719. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Anthyllis montana in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Anthyllis montana. Published online. Accessed: Feb 16 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Anthyllis montana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Feb 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Anthyllis montana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 16. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Anthyllis montana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Anthyllis montana (syn. Vulneraria montana Scopoli), the mountain kidney vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the mountains of Southern Europe and parts of the Alps.[1] Growing to 30 cm (12 in) tall by 60 cm (24 in) broad, it is a clump-forming, woody-based perennial. The leaves are divided into numerous fern-like leaflets and are silky and grey-green in colour.[2] The white, pink or purple clover-like flower-heads are borne in spring and summer.[3] The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.[4]

In cultivation, it is suitable for the alpine or rock garden. The cultivar 'Rubra' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5] It does best in full sun, and typically propagates by seeds.[6]

The flowers are used to make an herbal tisane that is said to ease digestion.[7]
References

Kropf, M; Kadereit, JW; Comes, HP (2002). "Late Quaternary distributional stasis in the submediterranean mountain plant Anthyllis montana L. (Fabaceae) inferred from ITS sequences and amplified fragment length polymorphism markers". Mol Ecol. 11 (3): 447–63. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2002.01446.x. PMID 11918780. S2CID 27789577.
Shoot. "Anthyllis montana 'Rubra' Mountain kidney vetch Red mountain kidney vetch Care Plant Varieties & Pruning Advice". www.shootgardening.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books
"RHS Plant Selector - Anthyllis montana 'Rubra'". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
"Anthyllis montana, Kidney vetch". Patlis.com. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
"Anthyllis montana – Wild Flowers Provence". Retrieved 2021-06-18.