Coronilla valentina ssp glauca

Coronilla valentina L. ssp glauca Fabaceae. ssp. Glauca has the AGM of the Royal Horticultural Society. Distribution: Southern Europe. Contains beta-nitropropionic acid, a potent neurotoxin. A budgerigar that chewed parts of two leaves developed weakness, incoordination and tremor (Campbell, J. Avian Med. and Surg.20(2):97-100 (2006). An invasive plant, which provides good forage for ruminant animals. Poisonous to horses. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.