Retama raetam

Retama raetam
In habitat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Retama
Species:
R. raetam
Binomial name
Retama raetam
(Forssk.) Webb & Berthel.
Synonyms
  • Genista raetam Forssk.
  • Lygos raetam (Forssk.) Heywood
  • Spartium raetam (Forssk.) Spach

Retama raetam is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to northern Africa from the Western Sahara to Sudan, Sicily, Israel, Sinai Peninsula, the Palestine region and Saudi Arabia, and widely naturalized elsewhere.

  • Flowers with pollinating bee, Osmia gracilicornis
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