Petteria_ramentacea

<i>Petteria</i>

Petteria

Genus of legumes


Petteria ramentacea, commonly known as Dalmatian laburnum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a deciduous shrub native to the western Balkan Peninsula, including Greece, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.[1][2] It grows up to 3 meters tall, and flowers in May. It grow in shrubland and scrub from 10 to 700 meters elevation, in both sub-Mediterranean and Mediterranean habitats.[2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[3] It is the only member of the genus Petteria.[4][5][6]

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References

  1. Lerner JM (2001). Anyone Can Landscape!. Ball Pub. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-883052-27-0. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  2. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Petteria". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  3. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Petteria". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 15 April 2014.

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