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Anthyllis vulneraria
Also called Kidney vetch, Ladies’ fingers, Woundwort, Lady's Fingers, Common Kidney Vetch
Common kidneyvetch is a low, often branched wildflower in the pea family, grown as a perennial or short-lived plant. It thrives in dry, sunny, lime-rich soil and is a useful food plant for small blue butterflies.
Anthyllis vulneraria, the common kidneyvetch, kidney vetch or woundwort is a medicinal plant native to Europe, northern Africa, and Western Asia. The specific epithet vulneraria means 'wound healer'.
This plant is sporadic throughout Europe, from Iceland to the Mediterranean, in Asia Minor up to Iran, in North Africa and in Ethiopia. It is naturalized in North America. It prefers dry grasslands and rocky environments with calcareous soil, up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in elevation.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
