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Laburnum alpinum (Mill.) J. Presl

Scottish laburnum (Fabaceae / Leguminosae)

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Laburnum alpinum is a small tree or shrub native to the Alps and other mountains of Italy and the Balkans.

Bergamo (BG), Italy; 2018-07-09

 Scottish laburnum / Laburnum alpinum: _Laburnum alpinum_ is a small tree or shrub native to the Alps and other mountains of Italy and the Balkans.

Laburnum alpinum has dangling racemes of yellow flowers, 13–18 mm long.

Bergamo (BG), Italy; 2018-07-04

 Scottish laburnum / Laburnum alpinum: _Laburnum alpinum_ has dangling racemes of yellow flowers, 13–18 mm long.

The young fruit-pods of Laburnum alpinum are (almost) glabrous, unlike the densely silky-hairy pods of Laburnum anagyroides.

Bergamo (BG), Italy; 2018-07-04

 Scottish laburnum / Laburnum alpinum: The young fruit-pods of _Laburnum alpinum_ are (almost) glabrous, unlike the densely silky-hairy pods of _Laburnum anagyroides_.

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