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. austriaca (Beck) Gams, 1923, Q;
• O. spinosa subsp. diacantha (Sieber ex Rchb.) Greuter, 1967;
• O. spinosa subsp. leiosperma (Boiss.) Širj., 1932;
• O. spinosa subsp. masquillierii (Bertol.) Negodi, 1944;
• O. spinosa subsp. procurrens (Wallr.) Briq., 1913, P;
• O. spinosa nothosubsp. pseudohircina (Schur) B.Bock, 2012: subsp. procurrens × subsp. spinosa, P;
• O. spinosa subsp. spinosa
  • var. sancti-marini Pamp., 1917;
  • var. spinosa L., 1753, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Chadburn, H. (2014). Ononis spinosa (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203354/2764325

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 745). Biotope.