A genus of small shrubby plants in the pea family, native to Mediterranean regions, known for their small crown-shaped flower clusters.
From Spanish and Latin, meaning 'little crown,' derived from corona because the flowers are arranged in small crown-like clusters.
Plants got named by people who saw them and described what they looked like—coronilla got its name because someone thought 'those flowers look like tiny crowns,' and botanists just... kept the name!
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