Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Ononis mitissima L.
Family : LEGUMINOSAE
Genus : Ononis
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Cabrera. Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : South Mediterranean
Flowering time : April. May. June.
Life-forms : Terophyte.
Habitat : Cultivated fields and garriques.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : An herbaceous plant (up to 60 cm.) erect or prostrate and branching from the base The leaves are trifoliolate and the inflorescences are terminal with flowers, pink in colour, crowded together forming a false raceme, elongated and cylindrical.
