Plants ยป Ononis

Ononis repens

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Ononis repens
Family Leguminosae
Genus Ononis
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Common Name(s) Rest harrow
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This plant is often found in the wild in Northern Europe. STEM: Low-growing or angled upwards, woody, rooting below ROOT: Creeping underground stem. HAIRS: Long or short and sticky, hairy all round stems. STIPULES: Present, toothed, bases clasp stem. LEAF-STALK: 0.3-0.5cm, shorter than leaf. BRACTS: Leaf-like. FLOWER STALK: Much shorter than flower. SEPALS: 5, bases joined, teeth equal, longer than tube, enlarged in fruit. PETALS: 5, lowest pair joined, side pair overlap lower, upper largest, broad. STAMENS: 10, bases joined. STIGMA: 1, style long, hairless. OVARY: 1, 1-celled. SEEDS: 1-4, globular, rough.

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light, medium, heavy soil.
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Foliage
Height (m) : 0.3 - 0.7
Spread (m) : 0.4 - 0.85
Growth Habit : Columnar/Upright, Spreading
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Flowering : Early Summer - Early Autumn
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Flowers
Colour : Pink, Purple
Size : Quite small (1 to 3 cm)
Profusion : medium
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Sex : Hermaphrodite

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Type : pod-like
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Size : Small (less than 1 cm)
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