Ononis arvensis L., 1759 25% complete

No common name

Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1159 (1759)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Ononis arvensis, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced11 Source not recorded7 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Merged from a synonym record
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1159 (1759) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1759 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Observations Europe to Xinjiang and W. Himalaya No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 45 cm
  • 45 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 21 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 203, 500, 918, 926
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 203, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color magenta Sourced
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Merged from a synonym record (Ononis spinosa subsp. hircina) · Reported · 2026-09-05
Sourced
Maximum height empty Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false
  • false · Merged from a synonym record (Ononis spinosa subsp. hircina) · Reported · 2026-09-05
Sourced
Phenology
Bloom months jun Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 203, 460, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric)
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 203, 489
Sourced
Light empty Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation High Sourced
Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline)
  • 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record