trefle.io · Taken Oct 28, 2017 by Mio Cri (cc-by-sa)
Fabaceae
Kidney-vetch
Anthyllis vulneraria
Also known as Ladies fingers, Anthyllis collina, Anthyllis leguminosa, Finger flower
Native Plants · Wildflower · Legume · Nitrogen-Fixing · Rock-Garden · Drought-Tolerant · Yellow-Flowers · Ground-Cover · Native · Low-Maintenance
Kidney-vetch is an extremely hardy perennial legume that fixes nitrogen in poor soils. It requires minimal watering once established and thrives in chalky or sandy conditions. This plant is perfect for rock gardens and naturalized areas with little intervention needed.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing soil to dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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