Editing Colutea (section)

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Colutea''
| image = Colutea orientalis - Feuillage.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Colutea orientalis]]''
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Colutea
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] (1753)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = [[#Species|See text]].
| synonyms = 
*''Baguenaudiera'' {{small|Bubani (1899)}}
*''Oreophysa'' {{small|(Bunge ex Boiss.) Bornm. (1905)}}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22065-1 ''Colutea'' L.] ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 1 August 2023.</ref>
}}

'''''Colutea''''' is a [[genus]] of about 28 [[species]] of [[deciduous]] flowering [[shrubs]] in the [[Fabaceae|legume family Fabaceae]], growing from 2–5 m tall, native to southern [[Europe]], north [[Africa]] and southwest [[Asia]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[pinnate]] and light green to glaucous grey-green. The [[flower]]s are yellow to orange, pea-shaped and produced in [[racemes]] throughout the summer. These are followed by the attractive inflated seed pods which change from pale green to red or copper in colour.

''[[Colutea arborescens]]'', known as '''bladder senna'''—[[John Gerard]] cautioned, however, that they are not [[Senna (plant)|true senna]], "though we have followed others in giving it to name Bastard Sena<!--Sena in original-->, which name is very unproper {{sic}} to it"—is indigenous to the [[Mediterranean]]; it has yellow flowers. It has a height and spread of up to 5 m. Other species include ''[[Colutea orientalis]]'', with grey leaves and coppery flowers.