Hippocrepis
Meikle, R.D. 1977: Flora of Cyprus 1 but supplemented and modified
| 1 | Shrubby perennial, 0.5-1(-2) m high |
| 1' | Prostrate or suberect annual, up to 40 cm high |
| 2 | Flowers subsessile, solitary or in pairs, axillary |
| 2' | Flowers 1-6 in pedunculate umbels |
| 3 | Stipules eglandular or minutely glanduligerous; pods glabrous or shortly papillose about the seed-bearing portion, 4-5 mm wide |
| 3' | Stipules distinctly glanduligerous; pods barbellate, with long papillae about the seed bearing portion, 3-4 mm wide |
| 4 | Pods lobed along the convex (outer) margin, glabrous or shortly papillose about the seed-bearing portion; seeds c. 5 mm long |
| 4' | Pods lobed along the concave (inner) margin, papillose-barbellate about the seed-bearing portion; seeds c. 4 mm long |
