Colutea

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Colutea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Colutea (Koloutea, ancient Greek name). Leguminosae. Bladder Senna. Shrubs grown chiefly for their attractive yellow or brownish red flowers and the ornamental bladder-like pods. Deciduous, with alternate, odd- pinnate Lvs.: lfts. many; rather small; stipules small: fls. papilionaceous, in axillary, few-fld., long-peduncled racemes, yellow to brownish red; calyx campanula, 5-toothed ; standard suborbicular with 2 swellings above the claw; 9 stamens connate, 1 free: pod inflated, bladder -like, many- seeded. — About 15 species in the Medit. region to Abyssinia and Himalayas. Ornamental free-flowering plants of rapid growth, with pale green or glaucous foliage and yellow or brownish red fls. during summer, followed by large, usually reddish- colored and decorative pods. They grow in almost any soil, but prefer a tolerably dry and sunny position; not quite hardy N., the hardiest being C. arborescens. — Prop, by seeds sown in spring or by cuttings of mature wood inserted in fall in sandy soil; rarer species and varieties are sometimes grafted on C. arborescens in spring under glass. C. brevialata, Lange. Shrub, to 4 ft.: Lfts. usually 11, oval, ½-¾in. long: fls. 2-6,yellow; wings much shorter than keel. S. France.—C. gracilis, Freyn & Sintenis. Lfts. usually 11, obovate, ¼-½in long: fls. 2-5, yellow, with the wings almost as long as the keel. Turkestan.—C. tria. Mill. (C. halepica. Lam. C. Pocockii. Ait.). To 4 ft.: lfts. glaucous, small and numerous: fls. yellow, nearly 1 in. long; wing longer than the keel.—C. nepalensis, Hook. Similar to C. arborescens: racemes drooping. B.M. 2622. B.R. 1727. Tender. Alfred Rehder. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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