Common name:
Common restharrow
Family:
Scientific name:
Ononis repens
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK, except far north Scotland
Height:
Up to 70 cm
Habitat:
Calcareous grassland
Flowers:
Produced singly at the leaf nodes along the upper half of the stem, which is evenly and densely covered with long hairs, and is usually spineless. Flowers are up to 15 mm long, with similar-length keel and wing petals, and a larger banner petal, and they are attached by short stalks. Calyces are hairy, and deeply lobed
Fruit:
Short pods
Leaves:
Trifoliate, with ovate, glandular hairy, toothed leaflets
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
