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Ononis spinosa L., 1753

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Spiny Restharrow
  • 🇫🇷 Bugrane épineuse, Arrête-boeuf

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superrosids
  • Clade: Rosids
  • Clade: Fabids
  • Order: Fabales
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Subfamily: Faboideae
  • Genus: Ononis
  • Species: Ononis spinosa

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

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

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • O. spinosa subsp. antiquorum (L.) Arcang., 1882, P;
  • O. spinosa subsp. australis (Širj.) Greuter & Burdet, 1989;
  • O. spinosa subsp. leiosperma (Boiss.) Širj., 1932;
  • O. spinosa subsp. masquillierii (Bertol.) Greuter & Burdet, 1989;
  • O. spinosa subsp. spinosa L., 1753, P.

Hybridizes with O. repens subsp. procurrens (Wallr.) Bonnier & Layens, 1894 to produce O. × pseudohircina Schur, 1866, P (het. syn. O. spinosa nothosubsp. pseudohircina (Schur) B.Bock, 2012).

Photographs

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Ononis spinosa - Leaves

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