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

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

[9] 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) in elevation.

This species includes numerous subspecies, with 47 accepted by Plants of the World Online.