Bituminaria morisiana

Bituminaria morisiana is a perennial Mediterranean herb species in the genus Bituminaria. Leaf, trifoliate with 3 linear, lanceolate, tomentose leaflets. White flowers in globose flowerheads. Fruit a tomentose legume. Flowers May–July. It is endemic to Sardinia where it is restricted to high mountain areas, such as Monte Albo and Monte Corrasi.

Bituminaria morisiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Bituminaria
Species:	B. morisiana
Binomial name
Bituminaria morisiana (Pignatti & Metlesics) Greuter
Synonyms
Psoralea morisiana Pignatti & Metlesics

The pterocarpans bitucarpin A and B can be isolated from the aerial parts of B. morisiana,^[1] erybraedin C from the leaves^[2] and morisianine is isolated from the seeds.^[3]

See also

• Giardino Montano Linasia in San Benedetto, Iglesias, Province of Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
• Fiori spontanei della Sardegna, Renato Brotzu, Quaderni di Natura Il Maestrale-Nuoro, 1998, Italia, ISBN 88-8610918-0