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Taxon:  Anthyllis vulneraria L.



Summary
Genus:
Anthyllis
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Loteae
Nomen number:
300032
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:719. 1753
Verified:
08/04/1986 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
60 (59  active, 16  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. alpestris (Kit. ex Schult.) Asch. & Graebn. (0 active accession[s])
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. arundana (Boiss. & Reut.) H. Lindb. (0 active accession[s])
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. balearica (Coss. ex Mares & Vigin.) O. Bolos & Vigo (0 active accession[s])
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. carpatica (Pant.) Nyman (3 active accession[s])
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. gandogeri (Sagorski) W. Becker ex Maire (0 active accession[s])
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. iberica (W. Becker) Cullen (0 active accession[s])
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. maritima (Schweigg.) Corb. (0 active accession[s])
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. maura (Beck) Maire (0 active accession[s])
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. microcephala (Willk.) Benedi (0 active accession[s])
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. polyphylla (DC.) Nyman (1 active accession[s])
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. pseudoarundana H. Lindb. (0 active accession[s])
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. reuteri Cullen (0 active accession[s])
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. sampaioana (Rothm.) Vasc. (0 active accession[s])
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. vulneraria (0 active accession[s])
Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. vulnerarioides (All.) Arcang. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Anthyllis rubicunda Wender. ex Steud.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
kidney-vetch –
lady's-fingers –
woundwort –
French
anthyllide vulnéraire –
anthyllis vulnéraire –
trèfle jaune des sables –
vulnéraire –
German
Tannenklee –
Wundklee –
Italian
antillide –
erba vulneraria –
vulneraria –
Spanish
hierba llaguera –
vulneraría –
Swedish
getväppling –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFaroe Islands  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIceland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
2CultivatedNorthern America North America  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaTasmania 
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Israel, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: North America
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Tasmania]
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Animal foodforage Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=300032. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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