Genus Ononis L.
Род 451 (29). ГРЪМОТРЪН — ONONIS L.¹
L., Sp. PI. ed. 1 (1753) 716; Gen. PI. ed. 5 (1754) 772; Sirjaev, Beich. Bot. Centralb. XLIX (1932) 381—665
Fam: Leguminose (Fabaceae) Juss.
Genus: Ononis L.
English Name: Restharrows
Description: Small shrubs, subshrubs, perennial or annual herbaceous plants, or simply fibrous glandular, rarely naked. Branches round, often side turned into spines. Leaves usually triple, rarely simple or very rarely imparipinnate. Toothed leaflets. Stipule foliate, large, durable, fused with the leaf axis. Blossoms single or 2 - 4 in the axils of the leaves, forming loose to dense or cluster-like inflorescences wheat class. Calyx correct bell-shaped or pipe; teeth normally several times longer than the tube. Corolla yellow, pink or purple, rarely white, irregular, with five petals. Stamens 10 or rarely 9+ 1, anthers alternative, attached in the middle and at the bottom. Ovary usually glandular fibrous. Oblong beans, rhombic, egg-shaped or ovate rhombic with elliptical cross-section, with 1 to many seeds, usually fibrous glandular, splits are. Seeds lenticular reniform, smooth or grainy retail without appendage. Insects pollinating be propagated by seed and rarely with Stem cuttings.Economic importance. In the roots of some species contain glycosides, resins, tannins, and starch are used in folk medicine, veterinary medicine and occasionally in official medicine. Honey. Grazing of livestock before fruit abundance. Some can be used as decorative.
Table for determining the species
1 The blossoms pink, pale purple or white ............................................................................................................................................................... 2
1* The blossoms yellow ........................................................................................................................................................................................ ... 3
2 Annuals plants. Blossom stems up to 10.0 mm long. Beans with 4 - 16 seeds ………………… ….......................................…. 2. - O. reclinata L.
2* Perennial plants. Colored handles 2.0 to 4.0 mm in length. Beans with one seed (rarely with 2 - 3 seeds) ......................... (4 - 6) group - O. spinosa
3 The blossoms single or two spaced along the length of the stem. Corolla longer than the calyx. Beans to two times longer than the calyx ..................... ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 1. - O. adenotricha Boiss.
3* The blossoms forming a loose top classes. Corolla shorter or equal to the calyx. Beans shorter than the calyx ................................. 3. - O. pusilla L.
¹ developed by B. Kouzmanov
From „Флора на НР България”, том VI, БАН, София, (1976) * * *
Ononis is a large genus of perennial herbs and shrubs from the legume family Fabaceae. The members of this genus are often called restharrows as some species are arable weeds whose tough stems would stop the harrow. They are natively distributed in Europe.
In herbalism restharrow is used to treat bladder and kidney problems and water retention.
The active ingredients in restharrow are essential oils, flavonoid-glycosides, and tannins.
Restharrows are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Grey Pug and Coleophora ononidella (feeds exclusively on O. arvensis).[citation needed]
The genus Ononis currently includes thirty-one accepted species:[3]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia* * *
References: „Флора на НР България”, том VI, БАН, София, (1976), Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Distribution in Bulgaria: (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc.
Distribution:SPECIES:
Ononis arvensis L. - Field restharrow
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