Yellow Restharrow / شِبْرِق ثُعباني / / لِصَّيْق / / لِتَّيْن

شبرق أفعى الماء / وسبه / بسوه

Ononis natrix L.

Flowers, October. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
March to December
Seed collection period
July to December

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Compound
  • Trifoliolate
Life form
  • Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Ononis
Family
Fabaceae
Wikidata item
Q163262
GBIF Item
Ononis natrix L. (2977234)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. IUCN Red List. (2021, November 20).
  2. Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  3. Ononis natrix L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
  4. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  5. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  6. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  7. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  8. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.

Citation

Ononis natrix L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/582 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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