Anthyllis Mill.
Genus composed of 35 species, mainly from the Mediterranean region. There are 10 in North Africa, distributed throughout the Mediterranean area and the northern edge of the Sahara. They are mostly herbaceous species, some of which are annuals; the rest, 7 species, & species, have woody stems, at least at the base and frequently with over 0.5 m in height.
Key to species
1 Inflorescence in axillary glomeruli, sparse. Flowers pinkish 2
1 Flowers in elongated fascicles or pedunculate glomeruli.Corolla yellow or whitish-yellow 3
2 Calyx with very long hairs (3 mm or more). Standard slightly longer than wings Anthyllis henoniana
2 Calyx with very short hairs (less than 1 mm). Standard much longerthan wings Anthyllis lagascana
3 Inflorescence in axillary fascicles, spiciform, subsessile (peduncle < 2 mm), very elongated (up to 20 cm). Corolla yellow 4
3 Inflorescence in pedunculate glomeruli (peduncle > 5 mm). Corolla yellow or whitish-yellowish 5
4 Plant villous on the upper part. Leaves mostly trifoliolate. Corolla 9-12 mm. Calyx 6-8 mm long Anthyllis cytisoides
4 Plants glabrescent or sericeous on the upper part. Leaves mostly unifoliolate. Corolla 6-8 mm. Calyx 4-5 mm long Anthyllis terniflora
5 Inflorescence in pedunculate glomeruli (> 6.8 mm) or in terminal very dense capitula.Corolla yellow or whitish-yellow. Leaves with 13-19 leaflets, sericeous, white-greyish Anthyllis barba-jovis
5 Inflorescence in glomeruli grouped in racemes, pedunculate. Corolla 8-16 mm, yellow. Leaves with 9-19 leaflets, villous, greenish 6
6 Leaves with (13)15-19 leaflets, green. Floral glomeruli gathered ingroups of 4-6 in a lax raceme, with a long lower internode (3-7 cm). Calyx 7-8(9) mm Anthyllis polycephala
6 Leaves with 13-15 leaflets, ashen or chestnut colour. Glomeruli gathered in groupsof 2-4 in a compact raceme, with a short lower internode (1-3 cm). Calyx 7-15 mm Anthyllis tejedensis
Updated by: H. Sainz & J. Charco.