Ononis pubescens L.

Spice Detail Flower In the field

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Ononis

Spanish common name: Hierba garbancera. Hierba melera. Hierba mosquera.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Therophytic calicole fields. Garriques, therophytics communities, road sides and banks.

Characteristics: As its name indicates, this erect herbaceous plant (up to 75 cm.) is very pubescent, and the entire plant is covered with very long and numerous hairs. The leaves are trifoliate, large and serrated, with the terminal end larger than the lateral two. Flowers are solitary and yellow in colour, and when closed appear to be hidden by the sepals, which appear to surpass them in length. The stipules are also fairly large, with a slightly serrate margin or almost entire.