Ononis alopecuroides, 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 : 148

48. O. alopecuroides L. , Sp. Pl. 717 (1753).

Robust annual 10-65 cm, variable in habit; stems nearly glabrous below, densely hairy and glandular above. Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflets 20-50 cm, elliptical or elliptic-orbicular, glabrous. Flowers subsessile, borne singly at each node, in dense terminal racemes, elongating slightly after anthesis. Corolla 13-16 mm, pink, exceeding the calyx. Legume 8-10 mm. Seeds 2-3, 2-3 mm, orange-brown, smooth and shining. Cultivated ground and waste places. W. Mediterranean region; casual elsewhere in S. Europe. *Co Hs It Si.