| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Ononis ramosissima Desf. trib. Trifolieae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Atlant. 2: 142 (1798) |
| Native Range | w. & s. Medit. to Crete |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sands |
| Description | pubescent, viscid, branchlets erect, very ramose, leaves petiolate, ternate, leaflets rigid, linear-obovate, serrulate, obtuse, 7-9mm, flowers solitary, pendent |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | 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 adglutinans C.Presl Ononis gibraltarica Boiss. Ononis hispanica ssp. ramosissima (Desf.) Förther & Podlech Ononis mauritanica Pomel Ononis microphylla (Boiss.) C.Presl Ononis natrix var. adglutinans (C.Presl) Širj. Ononis natrix var. boissieri Širj. Ononis natrix var. clausoniana Batt. Ononis natrix f. denticulata Širj. Ononis natrix ssp. font-queri (Širj. ex O.Bolós & Vigo Ononis natrix var. font-queri Širj. ex O.Bolós & Vigo Ononis natrix var. fontanesiana Cout. Ononis natrix var. gibraltarica (Boiss.) Širj. Ononis natrix ssp. gibraltarica (Boiss.) Devesa Ononis natrix var. gracilis Willk. & Lange Ononis natrix var. mauritanica Batt. Ononis natrix var. microphylla Boiss. Ononis natrix ssp. microphylla (Boiss.) Holmboe Ononis natrix ssp. picta (Desf.) Nyman Ononis natrix var. picta (Desf.) Vis. Ononis natrix var. ramosissima (Desf.) Vis. Ononis natrix ssp. ramosissima (Desf.) Ball Ononis picta Desf. Ononis ramosissima var. breviaristata Sennen Ononis ramosissima var. gibraltarica (Boiss.) Rouy Ononis ramosissima ssp. gibraltarica (Boiss.) Nyman Ononis ramosissima var. gracilis Willk. & Lange |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is.) |