Petteria
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Petteria ramentacea, commonly known as Dalmatian laburnum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a deciduous shrub native to the western Balkan Peninsula, including Greece, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.<ref name = powo/><ref name = iucn/> It grows up to 3 meters tall, and flowers in May. It grow in shrubland and scrub from 10 to 700 meters elevation, in both sub-Mediterranean and Mediterranean habitats.<ref name = iucn/> It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.<ref name="Lerner2001">Template:Cite book</ref> It is the only member of the genus Petteria.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="PlantList">Template:Cite web</ref>