Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Ononis natrix L..

Ononis natrix L.

HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Ononis L.

Ononis natrix L. [Preferred name]
Ononis ambigua Lange {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Algeria (N) [454]; Canary Is (N) [1862]; Egypt (N) [454]; Libya (N) [454]; Morocco (N) [454]; Tunisia (N) [454]
Asia: China (I) [1179, 3443]; Iraq (U) [1862]
Europe: Balearic Is (N) [754]; Corsica (N) [754]; France (N) [754]; Germany (N) [754]; Greece (N) [454]; Italy (N) [754]; Kriti (N) [754]; Malta (N) [454]; Portugal (N) [754]; Sardegna (N) [754]; Sicilia (N) [454]; Spain (N) [754]; Switzerland (N) [754]; Yugoslavia (N) [754]
Middle East: East Aegean Is(Greek) (N) [454]; Israel (N) [1862]; Jordan (N) [1862]; Lebanon (N) [1862]; Saudi Arabia (N) [1859]; Sinai (N) [454]; Syria (N) [1862]; Turkey in Asia (N) [454]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Mediterranean grasslands. [454];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [360, 368, 456, 754, 1862, 3443] ; Illustration [368, 456, 1859]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D, 2005-06 Roskov YR ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1991 (W Asia) Lock JM & Simpson K, 1993 Adams BR, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract

USES:
	Environmental [1862]

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

360.		Quezel, P. & Santa, S., 1962
		Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie et des regions desertiq.merid.1

368.		Jafri, S.M.N., 1980
		Fabaceae.In:Flora of Libya,Pt.86.Jaffri & El Gadi

454.		Greuter, W. et al. (Eds.), 1989
		Med-Checklist Vol.4 (published)

456.		Negre, R., 1961
		Petite flore des regions arides du Maroc occidentale.1.CNRS.

754.		Heywood, V.H. & Ball, P.W., 1968
		Leguminosae.In:Flora Europaea Vol.2.ed.Tutin,T.G.et al.

1179.		Chen, Te-chao & Wu, Te-lin, 1986
		Typed Script(MO)130pp Enumeration Chinese Papilionoideae

1859.		Collenette, 1985
		Flowers of Saudi Arabia

1862.		Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E., 1974
		Flora of Iraq. Vol.3. Baghdad.

3443.		Wei, Z. & Huang, Y.Z., 1998
		Galega &... In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 42(2) (Leguminosae 5)