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 (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Ononis (4)
Epithet: ramosissima Desf. (1)
Synonyms: Ononis adglutinans C.Presl, Ononis gibraltarica Boiss., Ononis hispanica (Desf.) Förther & Podlech, Ononis mauritanica Pomel, Ononis microphylla (Boiss.) C.Presl, Ononis nartix (Boiss.) Sirj., Ononis natrix Širj., Ononis picta Desf., Ononis ramosissima (Boiss.) Nyman
hispanica => of Spanish origin
microphylla => small-leaved
natrix => in reference to the buck odour of the roots (rhizomes)
picta => painted or embroidered
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: yellow
External links
Check for Ononis ramosissima 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.