Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 2001) as Coronilla emerus subsp. emeroides (Boiss. & Sprun.) Hayek. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes, 2010) is Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides (Boiss. & Spruner) Lassen.
Lifeform: Perrenial, shrub; mesophanerophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Central and East Mediterranean to Caucasus according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew).
Habitat: Rocky terrains, river gorges, dry grasslands/ hill pastures, sparse woods, shrublands, edges and clearings of forests mainly in the zone of Querco-carpinetum orientalis macedonicum association.
Flowering period: Spring – early summer: APR, MAY, JUN.
Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – flowering branch. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – flowering branch. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – inflorescences. The peduncle of the inflorescence is longer than the subtending leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – stem with inflorescences. The peduncle of the inflorescence is longer than the subtending leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – stem with inflorescences. The peduncle of the inflorescence is longer than the subtending leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – flowers. The peduncle of the inflorescence is longer than the subtending leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 30.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – abaxial side of leaflets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – adaxial side of leaflets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides – abaxial side of leaflets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
