Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Ononis polyclada Murb. trib. Trifolieae |
Bibliography | Contr. Fl. Nord-Ouest Afrique 1: 59 (1897) |
Native Range | nw. Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 350-2000m |
Description | branchlets erect, densely leafy, leaves ternate, petiolate, leaflets narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, glandular-hirsute, flat, flowers solitary, pedicellate |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Ononis angustissima ssp. polyclada Murb. Ononis angustissima var. polyclada (Murb.) Širj. Ononis glabrescens var. minor Hochr. Ononis glabrescens var. murbeckii H.Lindb. Ononis glabrescens var. striata Batt. Ononis natrix var. fallacina Maire Ononis natrix var. glabriuscula (Buxb.) Širj. Ononis natrix var. murbeckii H.Lindb. Ononis natrix ssp. polyclada (Murb.) Širj. Ononis natrix var. striata Batt. Ononis natrix f. striata Širj. Ononis stenophylla var. glabriuscula Buxb. |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) |