Tinkturenpresse

Hippocrepis emerus (L.) Lassen syn. Coronilla emerus L. - scorpion senna, Strauchkronenwicke

Evergreen or deciduous shrub, up to 2m high, native to Europe, West Asia nad North Africa, introduced to California, Denmark, Great Britain, Transcaucasus. Plants of the World Online, Kew RBG
Twigs reen; leaves bright green, pinnate with small leaflets; flowers pale yellow; seed pods up to 10cm long, thin, green. RHS

„This dense leafy bush displays for several weeks in May yellow flowers which have a pronounced indole-like odor. The main constituents identified in the headspace are phenylethyl alcohol (37%) and its acetate (21%), indole (17.5%), beta elemene (6%), caryophyllene (3.5%), and E ocimene (3%). Other odorants of interest, although minor, are Z 3-hexenyl acetate (1%), methyl benzoate (0.2%), methyl phenylacetate (0.4%), 2-aminobenzaldehyde (trace) and methyl nicotinate (trace).“
[Joulain, D. „Study of the fragrance given off by certain springtime flowers.“ Progress in essential oil research (1986): 57-67]

Hippocrepis emerus subsp. emeroides, Wien, 13.Hanschweg © Rolf Marschner (2023), www.botanische-spaziergaenge.at