Flora of North America species comparison

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Onobrychis

sainfoin
Habit Herbs, perennial, [annual], unarmed.
Stems

erect, pubescent to glabrate.
Leaves

alternate, odd-pinnate;

stipules present;

petiolate;

leaflets (7–)15–21, stipels absent, blade margins entire, surfaces pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially.
Inflorescences

30+-flowered, axillary racemes;

bracts and bracteoles present.
Flowers

sub-papilionaceous;

calyx campanulate, lobes 5;

corolla pink-purple, wings much shorter than other petals;

stamens 10, monadelphous, adaxial filament distinct basally;

anthers dorsifixed, equal.
Fruits

loments, sessile, flattened [to rounded], ovoid to obovoid, indehiscent, winged, edge prickly [to warty], coarsely reticulate, pubescent to glabrate.
Seed

1, reniform.
x

= 7, [8].

Onobrychis
Distribution
from USDA
Europe; Asia (China, Mongolia, Russia) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Australia]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Species ca. 130 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11. Author: Neil A. Harriman†.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae
Subordinate taxa
O. viciifolia
Name authority Miller: Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4, vol. 2. (1754)
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