Coronilla cretica

Cretan Crownvetch

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Common names

Cretan Crownvetch

Scientific name

Coronilla cretica L.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Perennial herbaceous plant. Stems to 20-60 cm high. Flowering April-June¹.

Distribution in Bulgaria

Black Sea coast, Struma valley, Belasitsa, Mesta river valley (Slashten village), Southern Pirin (Lyalevo village), Western (Chukata place), Middle and Eastern Rhodopes, Thracian lowland, Tundzha hilly plain, up to 500 m altitude².

General distribution

Southeast Europe (west to Southeast Italy), Mediterranean (East), Southwest Asia³.

References

1 Кожухаров, Ст. 1976. Във: Флора на Народна Република България, том VI, София.

2 Кожухаров, Ст. 1976.

3 Кожухаров, Ст. 1976.

Coronilla cretica на български

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