Colutea arborescens

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A European shrub with yellow flowers and inflated, bladder-like seed pods often grown in gardens

noun

Specialized

: Colutea arborescens

Gardeners appreciate Colutea arborescens for its unique, bladder-like seed pods that add interest to borders.

Examples

Local wildlife benefits when Colutea arborescens is planted, as its flowers and pods provide food throughout the season.
The Colutea arborescens in our garden attracts many butterflies with its bright yellow blooms.
The Colutea arborescens blooms beautifully in spring.
Many gardeners love Colutea arborescens for its vibrant yellow flowers.
Many gardeners appreciate Colutea arborescens for its unique, bladder-like seed pods that create visual interest in their gardens.
The Colutea arborescens provides essential food for local wildlife with its nutritious flowers and pods.
In spring, the vibrant yellow flowers of Colutea arborescens attract numerous pollinators to the garden.

Synonyms

bladder senna

vsColutea arborescens

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A shrub with bright yellow flowers and large inflated pods that birds eat

is the scientific name while the other is the common name

Surface Forms

Colutea arborescens singular

Colutea arborescenses plural

Morphology

Colutea + arborescens

This is a scientific binomial combining the genus name 'Colutea' (a shrub genus with bladder-like pods) with the Latin adjective 'arborescens' (literally 'tree-like' or 'becoming tree-like'), so the overall meaning — a tree-like/shrubby Colutea — is directly compositional. Although botanical Latin is specialized vocabulary, a B1 learner who knows both constituents can transparently infer it refers to a Colutea species with a tree-like habit.

Etymology

Colutea arborescens comes from Latin words that describe the plant: Colutea points to its puffy, bladder-like seed pods and arborescens means 'tree-like' because it grows as a small shrub. So the name helps you picture a yellow-flowering shrub with puffy pods, which is why gardeners call it Colutea arborescens.