Anthyllis vulneraria,[3] the common kidneyvetch, kidney vetch[4] or woundwort[5] is a medicinal plant[6] native to Europe.

The petals are yellow in most sub-species, but red in A. vulneraria var.

Kidney vetch is the food plant of the small blue butterfly larvae and the leaf miner, Aproaerema anthyllidella.

[8] This plant is sporadic throughout Europe, from Iceland to the Mediterranean, in Asia Minor up to Iran, in North Africa and in Ethiopia.

It prefers dry grasslands and rocky environments with calcareous soil, up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft) of altitude.