Ononis
Ononis | |
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Ononis spinosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Trifolieae |
Genus: | Ononis L. 1753 |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms[1][2] | |
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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 grow as weeds on arable lands 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 the grey pug and Coleophora ononidella (which feeds exclusively on O. arvensis).[citation needed]
Species of Ononis[]
The genus Ononis includes the following accepted species:[3]
- Boiss.
- Poir.
- L., foxtail restharrow
- Lam.
- L.
- L., field restharrow
- Pomel
- Clemente
- Desf.
- Boiss. & Reut.
- Mill.
- Desf.
- L.
- Pall.
- L.
- Ononis natrix L., large yellow restharrow
- L.
- L.
- L.
- L., small restharrow
- Ononis repens L., common restharrow
- Ononis rotundifolia L.
- Forssk.
- Guss.
- Lag.
- Ononis spinosa L., spiny restharrow
- Lag.
- L.
- Vahl
- L.
- L.
References[]
- ^ Woodgate, Katherine; Maxted, Nigel; Bennett, Sarita Jane (1996). "Genetic resources of Mediterranean pasture and forage legumes". In Bennett, Sarita Jane; Cocks, Philip Stanley (eds.). Genetic resources of Mediterranean pasture and forage legumes. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture. 33. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 205. ISBN 0-7923-5522-9.
- ^ "Genus Nomenclature in GRIN". Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ "Species Nomenclature in GRIN". Archived from the original on 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
External links[]
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Categories:
- Trifolieae
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Fabaceae genera
- Trifolieae stubs