Shrubby scorpion-vetch
Coronilla valentina
ShrubSecondary
Nitrogen fixer
A tough little nitrogen-fixing shrub that flowers right through winter and knits together dry Mediterranean banks — modest bulk, but reliable soil support. Seeds are toxic to livestock.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Shrub
- Lifecycle
- Secondary
- Soil preference
- Sandy, Rocky
- Soil pH range
- 6 – 8.5
- Min. temperature
- -8°C
- Min. rainfall
- 350 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- High
- Frost tolerance
- Medium
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Irrigation needed
- Low
How to manage it
Evergreen nitrogen-fixing shrub for dry banks and edges; trim lightly after flowering to keep it compact and dense.
Watch out for
Removed 'biomass' tag — modest woody growth, not a real chop-and-drop mulch producer. Seeds and foliage contain toxic glycosides, harmful to livestock; flammable when dry on hot slopes.
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