Hippocrepis emerus

Hippocrepis emerus
Flowers of Hippocrepis emerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Hippocrepis
Species:
H. emerus
Binomial name
Hippocrepis emerus
(L.) Lassen
Synonyms
  • Emerus major Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8 n.º 1 (1768)
  • Coronilla emerus L., Sp. Pl. 742 (1753)
  • Emerus alpestris Scheele in Flora 27: 443 (1843)
  • Emerus caesalpini Medik. in Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 368 (1787)
  • Coronilla florida Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 341 (1796), nom. illeg.
  • Emerus fruticosus Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. 695 (1815)
  • Emerus hortensis Desv. in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 299 (1826)1

Hippocrepis emerus, the scorpion senna, is a species of perennial plant belonging to the genus Hippocrepis in the family Fabaceae.

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