Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Ononis hispanica L.f. |
Bibliography | Suppl. Pl.: 324 (1782) |
Native Range | w. Medit. |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-250m |
Description | very ramose, branchlets glandular, leaves 6-20mm, ternate, leaflets elliptic to obovate, flat, sparsely hirsute, apically distinctly dentate, flowers solitary |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | 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 microphylla Pomel Ononis natrix ssp. hispanica (L.f.) Cout. Ononis natrix var. hispanica (L.f.) Webb Ononis natrix var. virgata Širj. Ononis virgata Kunze |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, SPA Spain) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco) |