Coronilla L.
Shrubs or herbs. Lvs imparipinnate, stipulate; leaflets usually numerous, rarely reduced to 3, entire. Infl. axillary, capitate or umbellate, long-pedunculate; bracts and bracteoles small or 0. Calyx campanulate, slightly bilabiate with the upper 2 teeth somewhat connate. Corolla usually yellow, rarely purple-pink variegated with white. Vexillary stamen free, remainder connate; anthers uniform. Style inflexed; stigma small, terminal. Pod lomentaceous, terete, tetragonous or slightly compressed, straight or curved, indehiscent, usually smooth, not or slightly constricted between segments; seeds oblong, estrophiolate.
c. 20 spp., Europe, Mediterranean, Macaronesia, W. Asia, N.E. Africa. Naturalised sp. 1.
In colder areas of N.Z., C. emerus L. is fairly commonly cultivated and often persists in abandoned gardens. It is an upright shrub with yellow fls.
