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Scauri (Sommier 1922); Nicosia: M. Indovino (Gentile 1960 a, 1960 b); Pantelleria: Sataria,
Salto La Vecchia, Aeroporto, Gadir (Di Martino 1963); Favarella, Agnone di Caltanissetta
(Barbagallo & Furnari 1970 a); Aree cacuminali di M. Lauro (Brullo & al. 1976 b); M. di
Palermo: Punte di Cuti (Marcenò & Ottonello 1991); Punta Reggilione (Cundari 2003, herb.
Giardina PAL); Castelbuono Rocca Lupa, Tonnarella dell’Uzzo (Raimondo & al. 2004). – R.

833. Lupinus albus L., Sp. Pl.: 721 (1753) [incl. “L. termis” sensu Guss. non Forssk.]
Cultivated for edible seed. – Throughout the region, but localised and not frequent. – NC.

834. Lupinus cosentinii Guss., Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 2: 398 (1828) [L. varius sensu Pignatti
(1982) non L.; L. varius sensu J. do Amaral Franco, Fl. Europ. 2: 105 (1968); “L. dig-
itatus” sensu Lojac. non Forssk.; “L. pilosus” sensu Lojac. non L.]
Dry uncultivated land on silica. – Tra le scorie vulcaniche, Catania (Cosentini) (Gussone 1828);
Tra Catania e Aci (Tineo, Nyman, Gussone) (Gussone 1845: 852); Favorita, Pantelleria, Eolie a
Lipari, Linosa (Solla) (Lojacono 1891); Etna castagneti sopra S. Alfio (Nicotra 1893 a);
Pantelleria: Gelkhamar, Sesi, Brignone (Sommier 1922); Pantelleria: Sataria, Rakhale, Mursia
(Di Martino 1963). – R.
835. Robinia pseudacacia L., Sp. Pl.: 722 (1753)
Ravines, slopes, uncultivated land, hedges. Only locally spontaneous, particularly in Peloritani
and Nebrodi Mountains. – Everywhere in the region. – CC.

836. Sesbania punicea (Cav.) Benth. , Fl. Bras. 15(1): 43 (1859)
Escaped from cultivation. – Native to Southern-America, found near Termini Imerese (Palermo)
(Raimondo & Spadaro 2006). – RR.
** Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 1: 121 (1826) [Bas. Glycine sinensis
Sims in Bot. Mag.: tab. 270 (1819); Glycine frutescens L.]
Villas and “bagli” in the countryside or far from towns, cultivated. – Common both in urban
habitat and in countryside. – C.

837. Colutea arborescens L., Sp. Pl.: 723 (1753)
Dry slopes, submediterranean undergrowth. – Naturalized along the motorway CT-ME near the
exit to Giarre (1993)! – RR.
* Astragalus contortuplicatus L., Sp. Pl.: 758 (1753)
Dry uncultivated land. – Reported in the past by Jan (Gussone 1828), but probably extinct.. –
EX.
838. Astragalus boeticus L., Sp. Pl.: 758 (1753)
Dry uncultivated land. – Throughout the region. – C.
839. Astragalus peregrinus Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 57 (1790) subsp. warionis (Gand.) Maire
in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 39: 133 (1948) [Bas. Astragalus warionis Gand. in
Bull. Soc. Bot. France 64: 122 (1917)]
Dry uncultivated land. – Linosa island, Apr. 1976, Buttler & Zielenkowski 20771 (herb. Podlech)
(Podlech 1989). – RR.

840. Astragalus sesameus L., Sp. Pl.: 759 (1753)
Dry pastures on limestone. – Castellobuono, Isnello, Vallelunga, Priolo, Caltanissetta, Val di