Fabaceae FAMILY

Ornithopus sativus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ornithopus sativus is a Annual/Perennial up to 0.70 metres tall. The plant can be grown as a ground cover and a green manure

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouth-western Europe. Naturalized in south-west Britain.

HabitatAlong the sides of roads and as a weed of cultivated ground[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Naturalized on china clay waste in south-eastern Cornwall.