Ononis ornithopodioides
Ononis ornithopodioides
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Annual, viscid, with spreading hairs, 5-30 cm, often branched from base. Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets broadly ovate to lanceolate, denticulate, 5-15 x 3-10 mm. Flowers forming a loose raceme. Peduncle awned, 5-10 mm, 1-2-flowered. Calyx campanulate, 7-10 mm, divided to 4/5 into linear-subulate lobes. Corolla yellow, 6-8 mm. Legume linear, compressed, torulose, 15-20 x 2-3 mm, glandular-hairy, 5-10-ovuled. Seeds broadly elliptic, tubercled, 1,5-2 mm. Fl. 4-6. Limestone rocks, macchie, stony places, s.l.-100 m.
Disjunct throughout the Mediterranean area, from Spain to W. Syria. Medit. element.
