Colutea melanocalyx Boiss.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Colutea melanocalyx' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/colutea/colutea-melanocalyx/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

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calyx
(pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Colutea melanocalyx' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/colutea/colutea-melanocalyx/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

A deciduous shrub very similar in general appearance to C. arborescens, differing chiefly in the calyx, which is longer (13 in. long), more tubular, with broader triangular teeth, and, like the stalk of the flower, clothed with a thick, very dark brown, velvety down. Petals yellow, the wings about as long as the keel. Leaflets seven to eleven, broadly elliptical, indented at the end.

Native of the mountains of Asia Minor; flowers from July to September.