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	Bituminaria bituminosa  (L.) C.H.STIRT.

Fam.: Fabaceae / Legumes

Synon.:  Psoralea bituminosa  L.

Genus:  Bituminaria  C.H.STIRT.,  Psoralea  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	C.H.STIRT.:		Charles Howard Stirton (1946 - ), South African botanist

Etymology:
	Bituminaria:		tar
	bituminosa:		smelling like asphalt
	Psoralea:		psoraleos = mangy

Fig. 1:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil GR Peloponnese, Mount Kyllini 12.5.2014 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 2:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil GR Peloponnese, Mount Kyllini 12.5.2014 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 3:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil F Les Baux 10.6.2006

Fig. 4:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil F Les Baux 10.6.2006

Fig. 5:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil F Les Baux 10.6.2006

Fig. 6:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil F Les Baux 10.6.2006

Fig. 7:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil F Dept. Gard, Remoulins 7.6.2006

Fig. 8:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil F Pyrenees, Olette 8.8.2018

Fig. 9:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil F Serres 12.5.2007

Fig. 10:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil I Ancona 29.5.2007

Fig. 11:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil I Ancona 29.5.2007

Fig. 12:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil (color variant) Majorca, Andratx 22.4.2011

Fig. 13:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017

Fig. 14:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017

Fig. 15:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016

Fig. 16:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016

Fig. 17:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016

Fig. 18:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016

Fig. 19:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil Rhodos, Gennadi 1.4.2019

Fig. 20:  Bituminaria bituminosa / Pitch Trefoil Teneriffa, El Conde 12.2.1989

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