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Definition of Anthyllis vulneraria
1. Noun. Perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures; formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Anthyllis, Genus Anthyllis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthyllis Vulneraria
Literary usage of Anthyllis vulneraria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"Kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) is native to much of temperate Europe, Asia
and North Africa. It was first brought into cultivation in Prussia about ..."
2. Hand-list of Herbaceous Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens (1902)
"See Anthyllis vulneraria ... V. Dillenii, Fourr. See Anthyllis vulneraria.
Vulpia, CC Gmelin. See Festuca. ..."
3. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Charles Darwin (1883)
"Anthyllis vulneraria, L.—Anthyllis vulneraria belongs to the group of papilionaceous
flowers with piston-mechanism, but it differs so strikingly from Lotus ..."
4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Twenty species or more, natives of Europe, Asia and northern Africa, the following
typical. 1. Anthyllis vulneraria L. Kidney Vetch. ..."
5. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1800)
"Stamina all connected at their bafe. SPEC. CHAR. Herbaceous. Leaves pinnated,
unequal. Heads of flowers in pairs. SYN. Anthyllis vulneraria. Linn. Sj>. PI . ..."
6. The Elements of Inductive Logic by Thomas Fowler (1883)
"... of the species Anthyllis vulneraria there is a variety Dillenii, and of the
variety Anthyllis vulneraria Dillenii there is a ' race' Floribus ..."
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