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| Ononis spinosa L. subsp. antiquorum (L.) ARCANG. |
| Fam.: Fabaceae / Legumes
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| Genus: Ononis L. |
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| Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
| Giovanni Arcangeli (1840 - 1921), Italian explorer and botanist | |||
| Etymology: | |||
| Ononis: | Greek plant name, from onis = donkey | ||
| spinosa: | spiny | ||
| antiquorum: | old-world (here: Mediterranean and Middle East) | ||
While the leaves of the Central European Spiny Restharrow Ononis spinosa are about three times as long as wide, those of the Mediterranean subspecies Ononis spinosa subsp. antiquorum are considerably shorter, and sometimes extremely small. The subspecies can, but it needen't, be extremely thorny. | ||
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.. Leaf Form
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Pest Infestation + Deformations
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Trees
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Bushes
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Water Plants
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Useful Pl.
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Ornamental Pl.
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Color Var.
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Multiple Criteria
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Biotopes + Groups
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