Sulla (plant)

Sulla
Sulla coronaria in Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Hedysareae
Genus: Sulla
Medik.
Type species
Sulla coronaria
(L.) Medik.
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Hedysarum sect. Eleutherotion Basiner
  • Hedysarum sect. Hedysarum Chrtkova
  • Hedysarum sect. Spinosissima B.Fedtsch.

Sulla is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes eight species of annual herbs native to the Mediterranean Basin, including southern Europe, North Africa, and western Asia. They grow in dry Mediterranean-climate shrubland, bushland, thicket, and grassland and in semi-desert. The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.