| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Ononis pusilla L. trib. Trifolieae |
| Synonyms | Ononis brachyantha Rouy |
| Ononis capitata Cav. | |
| Ononis columnae All. | |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | branchlets variously hirsute, leaves trifoliolate, leaflets orbiculate to elliptic or oblong, 5-12mm, finely dentate, flowers 6-12mm long, in compact raceme |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Hungary , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Portugal , Sardegna , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Sicilia , Turkey-in-Europe , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Krym ) Africa Northern Africa (Algeria , Morocco , Tunisia ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Cyprus , Iran , Iraq , Lebanon-Syria , Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | FABACEAE
pusilla saxicola (Boiss. & Reut.) Malag., Sin. Fl. Ibér. 37: 584 (1976)
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