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Hippocrepis emerus emerus (scorpion senna)

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Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  Although no mention of toxicity has been seen for this species, some members of the genus are poisonous[9, 13, 19, 65] and so some caution is advised.
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Pollinators [1]  Bees
Scent [1]  The flowers are sweetly scented.
Structure [1]  Shrub
Height [1]  8.856 feet (2.7 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [2]  Strong Base
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [2]  Mostly Dry
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Luberon Regional Nature Park V 406572 France  

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0