Anthyllis vulneraria

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 vulneraria
Subspecies: A. v. subsp. abyssinica – A. v. subsp. balearica – A. v. subsp. boscii – A. v. subsp. colorata – A. v. subsp. danica – A. v. subsp. iframensis – A. v. subsp. microcephala – A. v. subsp. multifolia – A. v. subsp. nana – A. v. subsp. subscaposa – A. v. subsp. versicolor – A. v. subsp. vulneraria
Name

Anthyllis vulneraria L.
Synonyms

Anthyllis collina Salisb.
Anthyllis leguminosa Gray
Vulneraria anthyllis Scop.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Southwestern USA
incomplete!

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 vulneraria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Feb 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Anthyllis vulneraria. Published online. Accessed: Feb 16 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Anthyllis vulneraria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Feb 16.
Hassler, M. 2021. Anthyllis vulneraria. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Feb 16. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Anthyllis vulneraria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names
català: Vulnerària
čeština: úročník bolhoj
Cymraeg: Plucen felen
dansk: Gul Rundbælg
Deutsch: Echter Wundklee, Gemeiner Wundklee, Gewöhnlicher Wundklee, Tannenklee
English: common kidneyvetch, kidney vetch, ladies’ fingers, woundwort, kidney-vetch
español: vulneraria, hierba de la cuchillada, pie de gallo encarnado, pitiflor blanca, uña de gato
eesti: Harilik koldrohi
suomi: Masmalo, euroopanmasmalo
français: Anthyllide vulnéraire
hornjoserbsce: Wšědny wuwróćenc
magyar: Nyúlszapuka
Ido: Vulnerario
italiano: Antillide vulneraria
lietuvių: Paprastasis perluotis
Napulitano: Contrerva
norsk bokmål: rundbelg, rundskolm
Nederlands: Wondklaver
norsk nynorsk: rundskolm
norsk: Rundbelg
polski: Przelot pospolity
русский: Язвенник ранозаживляющий
slovenčina: bôľhoj lekársky
slovenščina: Pravi ranjak
српски / srpski: Детелина камењарка
svenska: Getväppling
Türkçe: Çobangülü
українська: Заяча конюшина багатолиста

Anthyllis vulneraria,[3] the common kidneyvetch, kidney vetch[4] or woundwort[5] is a medicinal plant[6] native to Europe. The name vulneraria means "wound healer".[7]

Description

Anthyllis vulneraria reaches 5–40 centimetres (2.0–15.7 in) of height. The stem is simple or more often branched. The leaves are imparipinnate, glabrous or with scattered hairs on the upper face and silky hairs on the underside. The flower heads are spherical in shape and 10–20 millimetres (0.39–0.79 in) long. The petals are yellow in most sub-species, but red in A. vulneraria var. coccinea. Flowering takes place between June and September. The fruit is a legume. The fruits ripening takes place from July to October.

Kidney vetch is the food plant of the small blue butterfly larvae and the leaf miner, Aproaerema anthyllidella.[8]
Distribution and habitat

This plant is sporadic throughout Europe, from Iceland to the Mediterranean, in Asia Minor up to Iran, in North Africa and in Ethiopia. It is naturalized in North America. It prefers the dry grasslands and rocky environments with calcareous soil, up to 3000 m of altitude.
Subspecies

This species includes numerous subspecies (which some authors elevate to the role of separate species). A very incomplete list is as follows:

A. vulneraria subsp. abyssinica (Sagorski) Cullen
A. vulneraria subsp. alpestris (Kit.) Asch. et Gr.
A. vulneraria subsp. baldensis (Kerner) Becker
A. vulneraria subsp. busambarensis (Lojac.) Pign.
A. vulneraria subsp. carpatica (Pant.) Nyman
A. vulneraria subsp. colorata (Juz.) Tzvelev (synonym: Anthyllis colorata Juz.)[9]
A. vulneraria subsp. forondae (Sennen) Cullen
A. vulneraria subsp. iberica (W.Becker) Jalas
A. vulneraria subsp. maura (Beck) Lindb.
A. vulneraria subsp. polyphylla (D.C.) Nyman
A. vulneraria subsp. polyphylla (D.C.) Nyman × affinis Brittinger ex Kerner
A. vulneraria subsp. praepropera (Kerner) Bornm.
A. vulneraria subsp. praepropera (Kerner) Bornm. × adriatica Beck
A. vulneraria subsp. pulchella (Vis.) Bornm.
A. vulneraria subsp. vulneraria L.
A. vulneraria subsp. vulnerarioides (All.) Arcang.
A. vulneraria subsp. vulnerarioides (All.) Arcang. × bonjeanii Beck
A. vulneraria subsp. weldeniana (Rchb.) Cullen
A. vulneraria subsp. weldeniana (Rchb.) Cullen × tricolor Vukot.
A. vulneraria subsp. weldeniana (Rchb.) Cullen × versicolor Sagorski
A. vulneraria subsp. valesiaca (Becker) Guyot

References

Conti F, Guglielmone L, Pennesi R, Bartolucci F (2016). "Typification of the name Astragalus vulnerarioides, basionym of Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. vulnerarioides (Fabaceae), and notes on its distribution". Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 298. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.12.
"The Plant List entry for Anthyllis". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
Anthyllis vulneraria at USDA PLANTS Database
BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
"Anthyllis vulneraria". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Anthyllis vulneraria at Plants For A Future
Wolfgang Hensel, 350 Plantes médicinales (french edition: Delachaux et Niestlé SA, Paris, 2008, ISBN 978-2-603-01531-5; German edition 2007 Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co, Stuttgart, Wolfgang Hensel, Welche Heilpflanze ist das?)
Kimber, Ian. "843 Aproaerema anthyllidella". UKMoths. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
"Anthyllis colorata Juz. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
illustration from Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany