Caragana


Caragana is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe.
They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clustered mostly yellow flowers and bearing seeds in a linear pod.
Caragana species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including dark dagger.

Sections and species

Section ''Bracteolatae''

Section ''Caragana''

Section ''Frutescentes''

Unnamed section

Basal species

''Incertae sedis''