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{{Taxobox
+| name = ''Colutea''
+| image = Bladder senna.JPG
+| image_width = 240px
+| image_caption = ''Colutea arborescens'' in flower
+| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
+| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
+| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
+| ordo = [[Fabales]]
+| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
+| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
+| genus = '''''Colutea'''''
+| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
+| subdivision_ranks = Species
+| subdivision =
+About 25 species, including:<br/>
+''Colutea arborescens'' (Bladder Senna)<br/>
+''Colutea atlantica''<br/>
+''Colutea cilicica''<br/>
+''Colutea gracilis''<br/>
+''Colutea istria''<br/>
+''Colutea melanocalyx''<br/>
+''Colutea orientalis''<br/>
+''Colutea persica''
+}}
+'''''Colutea''''' is a [[genus]] of about 25 [[species]] of [[deciduous]] flowering [[shrubs]] from 2-5 m tall, native to southern [[Europe]], north [[Africa]] and southwest [[Asia]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[pinnate]] and light green to glaucous grey-green. The [[flower]]s are yellow to orange pea shaped and produced in [[racemes]] throughout the summer. These are followed by the attractive inflated seed pods which change from pale green to red or copper in colour.
+''Colutea arborescens'', known as '''Bladder Senna''', is indigenous to the [[Mediterranean]]; it has yellow flowers. It has a height and spread of up to 5 m. Other species include ''Colutea orientalis'', with grey leaves and coppery flowers.
+===Cultivation and uses===
+One of the species ''Colutea arborescens'' is in general cultivation in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. They are grown mostly for their attractive [[seed]] pods.
+''Colutea arborescens'' will grow in poor sandy [[soils]] as well as heavy or [[loam]]y soils and is easy to propagate from seed. It is generally pest resistant, though garden [[snails]] will climb up the plant in wet weather to eat the leaves. It has become naturalised in the UK. The [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] ''Colutea x media'' (''C. arborescens'' x ''C. orientalis'') is also cultivated for its coppery flowers.
+''Colutea'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Coleophora|Coleophora colutella]]''.
+==References==
+*''The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening'' ed. A. Huxley, 1992.