| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Hippocrepis comosa L. trib. Loteae |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 744 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 100-2800m |
| Description | shortly hirsute, leaves pinnate, leaflets 3-8 pairs, linear to oblong, flowers 6-10mm in long pedunculate heads |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 18-21°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Coronilla comosa (L.) Prantl Hippocrepis alpestris Arv.-Touv. Hippocrepis atlantica Durieu ex Munby Hippocrepis burgalensis Sennen Hippocrepis comosa var. alpestris (Arv.-Touv.) Rouy Hippocrepis comosa var. alpina Rouy Hippocrepis comosa var. broteana Hrabětová Hippocrepis comosa var. burgalensis (Sennen) Hrabětová Hippocrepis comosa var. lignescens Hrabětová Hippocrepis comosa ssp. macedonica (Degen & Urum.) Kožuharov Hippocrepis comosa var. major Rouy Hippocrepis comosa var. prostrata Boiss. Hippocrepis comosa var. rolandi (Sennen) Hrabětová Hippocrepis helvetica G.Don Hippocrepis heterocarpa Sennen Hippocrepis montgronyana Sennen & Pau Hippocrepis perennis Lam. Hippocrepis rolandi Sennen Hippocrepis rolandi var. macrocarpa Sennen |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, UKR Ukraine) |