Petteria

Petteria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Genisteae
Genus: Petteria
C.Presl (1845)
Species:
P. ramentacea
Binomial name
Petteria ramentacea
(Sieber) C.Presl (1845)
Synonyms
  • Cytisus fragrans Welden (1832), nom. illeg.
  • Cytisus ramentaceus Sieber (1822)
  • Cytisus weldenii Vis. (1830)
  • Genista ramentacea (Sieber) Briq. (1894)
  • Genista weldeniana Scheele (1843)
  • Laburnum fragrans Griseb. (1843)
  • Laburnum nubigenum J.Presl (1830)
  • Laburnum ramentaceum (Sieber) K.Koch (1869)
  • Laburnum weldenii Griseb. ex Lavallée (1877)

Petteria ramentacea, commonly known as Dalmatian laburnum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a deciduous shrub native to the western Balkan Peninsula, including Greece, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It grows up to 3 meters tall, and flowers in May. It grow in shrubland and scrub from 10 to 700 meters elevation, in both sub-Mediterranean and Mediterranean habitats. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is the only member of the genus Petteria.