Coronilla scorpioides
Coronilla scorpioides
Safety & Hazards
The plant contains the glucoside coronillin. This has potential medicinal application - in small doses it slows the pulse through stimulation of the inhibitory ganglia, and in larger quantity increases the tonicity and contractility of the heart, though in still larger quantities it eventually leads to systolic spasm of the ventricle leading to death by cardiac arrest[1].
Cultivation Details
Requires a light well-drained soil in full sun[2].
Propagation
Seed - sow early spring in a greenhouse. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in late spring. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-21. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Coronilla+scorpioides>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]The Pharmacological and Toxicological Effects of Coronilla varia and Coronilla scorpioides: A Review — Ali Esmail Al-Snafi · 2016 · http://www.tpcj.org · ISBN 2349-7092 ↩︎
- [2]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
- [3]A Modern Herbal. — Grieve. · Penguin · 1984 · ISBN 0-14-046-440-9 ↩︎Not so modern (1930's?) but lots of information, mainly temperate plants.