Coronilla

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Cultivation

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Read about Coronilla in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Coronilla (Latin, a little crown: from the arrangement of the flowers). Leguminosae. Crown Vetch. Shrubs and herbs, some grown in the hardy garden and some in greenhouses, for their yellow or purple bloom. Annuals or perennials, often woody, smooth or rarely silky-hairy, with odd-pinnate lvs., entire Ifts., and purple or yellow fls. in peduncled heads or umbels; calyx 5-toothed; corolla papilionaceous, the standard orbicular and the keel incurved, wings obovate or oblong; stamens 9 and 1: pod jointed, terete or 4-angled; seeds oblong.—Species about 20, Medit. region and Canary Isls., W. Asia. The shrubby C. Emerus and C. glauca are useful in S. Calif, and the southern states. The species are occasionally grown in borders. C. glauca is sometimes grown under glass for spring bloom, after the manner of Cytisus. All are of easy cult. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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