| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Ononis hesperia (Maire) Föther & Podlech trib. Trifolieae |
| Bibliography | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 30: 241 (1992) |
| Native Range | Western Sahara, Canary Islands |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-150m |
| Description | densely ramose, branchlets densely leafy, leaves 8-10mm, ternate, leaflets narrowly elliptic to obovate, 2-7mm, hirsute, at apex obtusely dentate, flowers solitary, 10mm |
| Size | 5-35cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Ononis natrix ssp. hesperia Maire |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (WSA Western Sahara) 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is.) |