Onobrychis viciifolia Scop., 1772

Common names

🇬🇧 Sainfoin
🇫🇷 Sainfoin à feuilles de vesce, Sainfoin, Esparcette, Sainfoin cultivé, Esparcette cultivée

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Onobrychis
Species: Onobrychis viciifolia

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/onobrychis-viciifolia-5.webp — Onobrychis viciifolia

img/onobrychis-viciifolia.webp — Onobrychis viciifolia

img/onobrychis-viciifolia-2.webp — Onobrychis viciifolia

img/onobrychis-viciifolia-3.webp — Onobrychis viciifolia

img/onobrychis-viciifolia-4.webp — Onobrychis viciifolia - Leaf

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 743). Biotope.
Vörösváry, G., Uzundzhalieva, K., Maslovky, O., Vögel, R., & Holubec, V. (2011). Onobrychis viciifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176379A7229548.en