Common name
English: Large Yellow Restharrow
German: Gelbe Hauhechel
Mandarin: 黄芒柄花 (huang mang bing hua)
Portuguese: Joina Dos Matos
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2593)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2490)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2105)
Order: Fabales (237)
Family: Fabaceae (237)(family description)
Genus: Ononis (4)
Epithet: natrix L. (2)
Subspecies: ramosissima (Desf.) Batt.
Synonym: Ononis ambigua Lange
ambigua => doubtful, of uncertain relationship
natrix => in reference to the buck odour of the roots (rhizomes)
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: yellow
External links
Check for Ononis natrix at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
- [1620] Ononis natrix - Flora of China @ efloras.org
Literature
- [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.