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Colutea arborescens
Trees and shrubs | Magnoliopsida
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Colutea arborescens deciduu is a shrub 4 m tall, grows on dry soils in Europe, East Africa, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Himalayas. Roots fixed nitrogen. Imparipenate leaves, 7-15 cm, pubescent, 9-13 folio entire edge, elliptic to obovata, ribbed. Papilionate flowers, yellow, 13 cm long, hermaphrodite, axillary, arranged in raceme, nearly Sesi, Vilos calyx, stamens diadelfe. Blooms in May-August. Pollination is done by birds. Fruit 5.7 cm indehiscenta pods, ovoid, vesicular, green-open, Pendente. Seeds asymmetric reniforme or cordiforme, with a small depression in the middle, 3.7 x 3.3 mm, surface smooth, dark brown to black ..

Grows on moderately fertile soils, well drained in full sun but tolerate and semiumbra. Tolerates air pollution. Withstand temperatures up to-20 ° C.

Is multiplied by seeds in containers in cold greenhouse, in the autumn to spring. 24 hours to keep the seeds in hot water. Germination takes place after 1-3 months at 20 ° C. Planting late spring or early summer.

Cuttings is done late winter for a rich bloom in summer.

References

ARClapham - Flora of the British Isles - Cambridge University Press, 1990

Clive Anthony Stace - New Flora of the British Isles - Cambridge University Press, 1997

Michael A. Dirr - Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs - Timber Press, 1997

The European Garden Flora Editorial Committee - The European Garden Florea - Cambridge University Press, 2000

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