Shrubs, 1–3 m, usually armed, leaf rachis spine-tipped, stipules sometimes spinescent. Stems sprawling or ascending, glabrous. Leaves alternate or clustered on spurs, even-pinnate; stipules present, 1–4 mm; petiolate; leaflets 2 or 4(–10), sessile, stipels absent, blade margins entire, sur­faces glaucous, glabrous or sericeous. Inflorescences 1–5-flowered, axillary from spurs, racemes [umbels]; bracts and bracteoles present. Flowers papilionaceous; calyx broadly campanulate, lobes 5; corolla purple to lilac or white; stamens 10, diadelphous; anthers dorsifixed. Fruits legumes, stipitate, turgid, obovoid to ellipsoid or oblong, tardily dehiscent, indented along sutures, glabrous. Seeds 2–8, subreniform, smooth. x = 8.

Distribution

Introduced; e Europe, w, c Asia.

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Halimodendron halodendron