Ononis alopecuroides (Foxtail Restharrow)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Foxtail Restharrow, Restharrow Foxtail Ononis Alopecuroides

Description

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Genus Ononis

Annual or perennial herbs or undershrubs, usually pubescent , hairs eglandular or glandular . Leaf 1-3-foliolate, rarely imparipinnately compound , more than 2 lateral pairs of leaflets ; leaflets generally toothed ; stipules mostly adnate to the petiole . Flowers axillary , 1-3, sessile or long-peduncled, or forming terminal racemes or spikes. Bracts and bracteoles minute or O. Calyx with 5 subequal teeth. Vexillum with a short claw . Keel beaked . Stamens monadelphous , alternate filaments dilated at the apex, anthers dimorphous. Ovary shortly stipitate , 2 or more ovuled, style glabrous , stigma terminal or subterminal . Fruit linear to oblong , inflated or torulose , seeds few to numerous , reniform .

A genus with about 80 species, distributed in Europe, Mediterranean regions, W. Asia and Ethiopia, locally represented by 2 species.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Herb • Climbing: Not Climbing

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Rosanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Fabales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Leguminosae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Papilionoideae ()
        Tribe: Trifolieae ()
        Genus: Ononis () - C. Linnaeus, 1753 - Restharrow
        Specific epithet: alopecuroides - L.
        Botanical name: - Ononis alopecuroides L.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Annual

Last scrutiny: 2005-2006