Coronilla valentina
Coronilla valentina, the shrubby scorpion-vetch or scorpion vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Coronilla of the legume family Fabaceae, native to Portugal, Spain, Malta and Croatia. It is an evergreen shrub growing to tall and wide, with pea-like foliage and fragrant, brilliant yellow flowers in spring and summer, followed by slender pods. Linnaeus observed that the flowers, remarkably fragrant in the daytime, are almost scentless at night.
The subspecies C. valentina subsp. glauca and its cultivar 'Citrina' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
