Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski and Matevski in Micevski (2001) and Ivimey-Cook in Tutin et al. (1968).
Lifeform: Annual; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, West Europe, Mediterranean to Iran and Ethiopia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew).
Habitat: Dry grasslands and hill pastures.
Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.
Ononis reclinata – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – flowering stem with flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – flowering stem with flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – flowering stem with flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – flowering stem with flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – flowering stem with flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – flowering stem with flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – spent flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – spent flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – spent flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – developing pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – developing pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – stem with leves and stipules. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata – stem with leves and stipules. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ononis reclinata. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Ivimey-Cook, R. B. 1968. Ononis L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.). Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 143–148.
Micevski, K. & Matevski, V. 2001. Ononis L. In Micevski, K. (ed.), The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 5. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1256–1262.
