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Ononis spinosa - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Darmstadt, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Ononis spinosa - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Darmstadt, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Ononis spinosa - Upper and lower surface of leaf (note that fully developed leaves are trifoliate) - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf (note that fully developed leaves are trifoliate); Darmstadt, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Ononis spinosa - Stem section with thorns - Click to enlarge!

Stem section with thorns; Darmstadt, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Ononis spinosa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Darmstadt, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 879
Date of entry: 25.07.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Spiny Restharrow

German: Dornige Hauhechel

Mandarin: 红芒柄花 (hong mang bing hua)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Fabales (241)

        Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)

          Genus: Ononis (4)

            Epithet: spinosa L. (8)

spinosa => having spines or thorns

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, violet

External links

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