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Summary

Bloom Color: Pink, White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late spring. Form: Spreading or horizontal.

Physical Characteristics

Coronilla varia is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft) by 1 m (3ft 3in) at a fast rate.
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 6. It is in flower from June to November, and the seeds ripen from August to November. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Bees.
It can fix Nitrogen.
It is noted for attracting wildlife.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil. The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.

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Synonyms

Plant Habitats

Ground Cover;

Edible Uses

Edible Parts: Oil
Edible Uses: Oil

None known

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Medicinal Uses

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Cardiotonic Emetic Salve

The whole plant, used either fresh or dried is a cardiotonic[9, 13]. It should be used with extreme caution, see the notes above on toxicity[9]. A decoction of the bark has been used as an emetic[257]. The crushed plant has been rubbed on rheumatic joints and cramps[257].

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Other Uses

Insecticide Oil Soil stabilization

Can be used as an insecticide[153]. No more details are given. A good ground cover and soil stabilizer for sunny banks and slopes[200, 208]. It grows rampantly and should not be grown with plants less than 1.8 metres tall[208].

Special Uses

Attracts Wildlife Ground cover Nitrogen Fixer

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Cultivation details

Landscape Uses:Erosion control, Ground cover. Prefers an open well-drained calcareous soil in a sunny position[1, 13, 111]. Tolerates poor soils[200]. Tolerates a pH in the range 4.8 to 7.2. A food plant for the caterpillars of many lepidoptera species[30]. This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby[200]. Special Features:Attractive foliage, Invasive, Naturalizing.

References Carbon Farming Information and Carbon Sequestration Information

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Plant Propagation

Seed - best sown in situ as soon as it is ripe. The seed usually germinates in the autumn. Stored seed can be pre-soaked for 12 hours in warm water and then sown in situ in April[111]. Cuttings of half-ripe shoots with a heel, June/July in a frame. Can also be taken in spring[111]. Division in March[111]. Very easy, larger clumps can be replanted direct into their permanent positions, though it is best to pot up smaller clumps and grow them on in a cold frame until they are rooting well. Plant them out in the summer or following spring.

Other Names

If available other names are mentioned here

Native Range

TEMPERATE ASIA: Iran (north), Iraq, Lebanon, Syria (west), Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation (Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karacaevo-Cerkesskaja Respublika, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol), Russian Federation (Chelyabinsk, Kurganskaja oblast, Tyumen), Turkmenistan EUROPE: Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russian Federation (European part), Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym), Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Spain, France

Weed Potential

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Conservation Status

IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :

Related Plants

Latin Name	Common Name	Habit	Height	Hardiness	Growth	Soil	Shade	Moisture	Edible	Medicinal	Other
Coronilla emerus	Scorpion Senna	Shrub	2.7	5-9		LM	N	DM	0	1
Coronilla scorpioides	Annual Scorpion Vetch, Yellow crownvetch	Annual	0.4	6-9		L	N	M	0	1	1

Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.

Coronilla varia - L.