Fabaceae
Mediterranean crownvetch
Coronilla valentina
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Coronilla
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- إكيليل فالنتيني
- Chinese
- 地中海小冠花
- English
- Mediterranean crownvetch, Mediterranean crown vetch
- Russian
- Вязель валенсийский
- Welsh
- Ffacbysen sgorpion
Synonyms
- Coronilla suaveolens Salisb.
- Coronilla valentia L.
- Ornithopus valentinus (L.) Hornem.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Júlio Reis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Patrick Cavoue, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA ., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chidouche Chidouche Pierrette, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA ., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Théo Dumont, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA ., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: David Hocken, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Matt McCaffrey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA ., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: caroline brandelet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Coronilla
- CrownvetchCoronilla variaFabaceae
- Coronilla coronataFabaceae
- Coronilla minimaFabaceae
- Coronilla vaginalisFabaceae
- Goat peaCoronilla securidacaFabaceae
- Coronilla junceaFabaceae
- Coronilla elegansFabaceae
- Coronilla orientalisFabaceae
- Coronilla repandaFabaceae
- White crownvetchCoronilla globosaFabaceae
- Coronilla viminalisFabaceae
- Cretan crownvetchCoronilla creticaFabaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.