''Anthyllis cytisoides'' is a summer-deciduous
shrub
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of
Southern Europe
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, common in the
Balearic Islands
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and the southeastern coast of the
Iberian Peninsula
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. It prefers semi-arid limestone soils in areas free of frost the year round.
Photosynthetic rate and canopy development in the drought-deciduous shrub Anthyllis cytisoides L.
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Spatial Pattern in Anthyllis cytisoides Shrubland on Abandoned Land in Southeastern Spain
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cytisoides
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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