Also known as Lesser Horseshoe Vetch
Hippocrepis ciliata is an annual legume native to the Mediterranean. It has small yellow flowers and distinct, flattened, horseshoe-shaped pods with ciliate margins.
Photos of Lesser Horseshoe-Vetch (Hippocrepis ciliata)
Common names and botanical synonyms
Botanical classification
| Rank | Name |
|---|---|
| kingdom | Plantae |
| division | Tracheophyta |
| class | Magnoliopsida |
| order | Fabales |
| family | Fabaceae |
| genus | Hippocrepis |
| species | Hippocrepis ciliata |
