Petteria
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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.[1][2] 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.[2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[3] It is the only member of the genus Petteria.[4][5][6]
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Petteria | |
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Petteria ramentacea | |
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) | |
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