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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Anthyllis''
| image = Anthyllis vulneraria01.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Anthyllis vulneraria]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| genus = '''''Anthyllis'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
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}}

'''''Anthyllis''''' is a genus of plants in the family [[Fabaceae]]. This genus contains both [[herb]]aceous and [[shrub]]by species and is distributed in [[Europe]], the [[Middle East]] and North [[Africa]]. The most widespread and familiar species is [[Kidney Vetch]] (''A. vulneraria'') which is a familiar [[grassland]] flower throughout the region and has also been introduced to [[New Zealand]].

''Anthyllis'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including the following case-bearers of the genus ''[[Coleophora]]'': ''C. acanthyllidis'', ''C. protecta'' (both feed exclusively on ''A. tragacanthoides''), ''C. hermanniella'' (feeds exclusively on ''A. hermanniae''), ''C. vestalella'' (feeds exclusively on ''A. cytisoides'') and ''C. vulnerariae'' (feeds exclusively on ''A. vulneraria'').

==Species==

Species include:

*''A. aegaea''
*''A. aurea''
*''A. barba-jovis'' - [[Jupiter's Beard]]
*''A. cornicina''
*''A. cytisoides''
*''A. hamosa''
*''A. henoniana''
*''A. hermanniae''
*''A. hystrix''
*''A. lagascana''
*''A. lemanniana''
*''A. lotoides''
*''[[Anthyllis montana|A. montana]]''
*''A. onobrychoides''
*''A. polycephala''
*''A. ramburii''
*''A. rupestris''
*''A. tejedensis''
*''A. terniflora''
*''A. tragacanthoides''
*''A. vulneraria'' - [[Kidney Vetch]]
*''A. warnieri''

==External links==

*[http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/names/npall/npall_51.shtml LegumeWeb]

[[Category:Faboideae]]

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