Fabaceae FAMILY

Ononis pubescens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ononis pubescens is an erect or ascending, much-branched annual plant growing around 75cm tall[ 1548 Title Flora Iberica Publication Author Website http://www.floraiberica.es Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Published in book form, the treatments of the various species have also been released on-line in PDF format. Records entered here are all from the on-line PDFs. ]. Ononis pubescens is a traditional Palestinian medicinal plant, harvested from the wild for local use..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeMediterranean region - Portugal to Greece and Turkey, south through Syria and Israel to Egypt; Morocco, Algeria

HabitatThickets on stony soils, roadsides, usually on calcareous substrates; at elevations up to 800 metres[ 1548 Title Flora Iberica Publication Author Website http://www.floraiberica.es Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Published in book form, the treatments of the various species have also been released on-line in PDF format. Records entered here are all from the on-line PDFs. ].