Ononis rotundifolia, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 144

1. O. rotundifolia L. , Sp. Pl. 719 (1753).

Erect, branched dwarf shrub 35-50 cm; stems villous and glandular. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets c. 25 mm, elliptical to orbicular, obtuse, coarsely toothed, sparingly glandular; terminal leaflet with long petiolule. Primary branches of the inflorescence c. 30 mm, up to 60 mm in fruit, muticous; pedicels 3-6 mm. Corolla 16-20 mm, pink or whitish. Legume 20-30 mm. Seeds 10-20, c. 3 mm, minutely tuberculate. Usually calcicole. • From S.E. Spain to E. Austria & C. Italy, mainly in the mountains. Au Ga He Hs It.