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| {{Taxobox
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| | name = ''Colutea''
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| | image = Bladder senna.JPG
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| | image_caption = ''Colutea arborescens'' in flower
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| | regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
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| | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| | ordo = [[Fabales]]
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| | familia = [[Fabaceae]]
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| | subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
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| | genus = '''''Colutea'''''
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| | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
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| | subdivision_ranks = Species
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| About 25 species, including:<br/>
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| ''Colutea arborescens'' (Bladder Senna)<br/>
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| ''Colutea atlantica''<br/>
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| ''Colutea cilicica''<br/>
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| ''Colutea gracilis''<br/>
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| ''Colutea istria''<br/>
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| ''Colutea melanocalyx''<br/>
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| ''Colutea orientalis''<br/>
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| ''Colutea persica''
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| }}
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| '''''Colutea''''' is a [[genus]] of about 25 [[species]] of [[deciduous]] flowering [[shrubs]] from 2-5 m tall, native to southern [[Europe]], north [[Africa]] and southwest [[Asia]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[pinnate]] and light green to glaucous grey-green. The [[flower]]s are yellow to orange pea shaped and produced in [[racemes]] throughout the summer. These are followed by the attractive inflated seed pods which change from pale green to red or copper in colour.
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| ''Colutea arborescens'', known as '''Bladder Senna''', is indigenous to the [[Mediterranean]]; it has yellow flowers. It has a height and spread of up to 5 m. Other species include ''Colutea orientalis'', with grey leaves and coppery flowers.
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| ===Cultivation and uses===
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| One of the species ''Colutea arborescens'' is in general cultivation in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. They are grown mostly for their attractive [[seed]] pods.
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| ''Colutea arborescens'' will grow in poor sandy [[soils]] as well as heavy or [[loam]]y soils and is easy to propagate from seed. It is generally pest resistant, though garden [[snails]] will climb up the plant in wet weather to eat the leaves. It has become naturalised in the UK. The [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] ''Colutea x media'' (''C. arborescens'' x ''C. orientalis'') is also cultivated for its coppery flowers.
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| ''Colutea'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Coleophora|Coleophora colutella]]''.
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| ==References==
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| *''The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening'' ed. A. Huxley, 1992.
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