Coronilla creticaL.

Cretan crownvetch

WFO wfo-0000213686 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Coronilla cretica, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. a Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-21 / obs. 189800049
Coronilla cretica, photographed by Ben Costamagna
fig. b Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202982649
Coronilla cretica, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. c Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126968856
Coronilla cretica, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. d Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121385450
Coronilla cretica, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. e Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115805743
Coronilla cretica, photographed by Gary Rogers
fig. f Gary Rogers, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63913559
Coronilla cretica, photographed by Gary Rogers
fig. g Gary Rogers, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63682199
Coronilla cretica, photographed by Gary Rogers
fig. h Gary Rogers, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185515761

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Coronilla cretica is native: East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine East Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaGreeceItalyKritiKrymNW. Balkan Pen.Türkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Coronilla cretica, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
East Aegean Is. EAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Artrolobium creticum (L.) Desv.
  • Coronilla chia Orph. ex Boiss.
  • Coronilla hyrcana Prilipko
  • Coronilla parviflora Moench
  • Coronilla parviflora var. pauciflora Plitmann
  • Coronilla rostrata var. pauciflora (Pittman) Fertig
  • Ornithopus creticus (L.) Hornem.
  • Securigera cretica (L.) Lassen
  • Securigera hyrcana (Prilipko) Czerep.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol SECR8. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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