Irish wildflowers
Photographs: Co. Waterford |
Spiny Restharrow Ononis spinosa Family: Fabaceae Flowering June-September. Perennial. Introduced. Pea-like purplish-pink flowers with their wings shorter than the keel and the calyx shorter than the seedpod. Narrow, pointed leaflets. Erect, bushy growth, the hairy stems tipped with sharp spines. Rhizomes are absent. Height to 70cm. Identified by Paul Green Probably introduced with grass seed with the only Irish records being from verges of the city by-pass in Co. Waterford and from Dublin. Similar: Restharrow, Ononis repens. Prostrate, native |
Spiny Restharrow, Ononis spinosa
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