Ononis repens, L.

33. O. repens L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 717 (1753)

( O. spinosa subsp. pro- currens (Wallr.) Briq.).

Shrubby perennial 40-70 cm; stems procumbent or ascending, often rooting, unarmed or with usually soft spines, variably hairy with long, eglandular and short, glandular hairs, not in two distinct rows. Leaves 1 - to 3-foliolate; leaflets usually ovate, obtuse or emarginate, less than 3 times as long as wide. Flowers borne singly, rarely in pairs, at each node, in lax leafy racemes. Calyx densely hirsute; corolla (7-)15-20 mm, pink or purple, usually much exceeding the calyx. Legume 5-7 mm. Seeds 1 -2, c. 2-5 mm, brown or blackish, tuberculate. 2n = 30, 60. W. & C. Europe, extending to c. 66° N. in E. Sweden, to Estonia, and to the N. half of the Balkan peninsula. Au Be Br Bu Cz Da Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hs It Ju Lu No Po Rm Rs (B, W, K) Su Tu [Fe].