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| Life form: |
| Phanerophyte, shrub |
| Stems: |
| 1m to 3m. high; stems get lignified to become tough wood |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, compound, trifoliate |
| Flowers: |
| Yellow |
| Fruits / pods: |
| Flattened legume, dark brown / black; 4-12 seeds per fruit, reniform - broad, kidney-shaped; very hard, smooth surface and posoinous |
| Flowering Period: |
| January, February, March, April |
| Habitat: |
| Mediterranean maquis and forest |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
| Chorotype: |
| Med - Irano-Turanian |
| Summer shedding: |
| Perennating |
Derivation of the botanical name:
Anagyris, αναγυροϛ, a strong smelling shrub with pods, perhaps Anagyris foetida.
foetida, stinking, bad smelling; unpleasantly scented.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
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