Summary ⁷

Ononis spinosa is a plant belonging to the family Fabaceae, that is commonly known as spiny restharrow or just restharrow. It is found throughout much of Europe but seldom as far north as Scotland.

Associations ⁸

Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Apion ononicola feeds within pod of Ononis spinosa

Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Apion ononis feeds within pod (on unripe seeds) of Ononis spinosa

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
Erysiphe pisi var. cruchetiana parasitises Ononis spinosa

Foodplant / feeds on
larva of Hypera nigrirostris feeds on Ononis spinosa

Foodplant / miner
larva of Liriomyza cicerina mines leaf of Ononis spinosa
Other: sole host/prey

Foodplant / spot causer
amphigenous colony of Ramularia anamorph of Ramularia winteri causes spots on live leaf of Ononis spinosa
Remarks: season: 8

Foodplant / feeds on
larva of Sitona ononidis feeds on Ononis spinosa

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Nuuuuuuuuuuul, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonreg/12811918985/
2. (c) Ferran Turmo Gort, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/fturmog/2581308210/
3. (c) José María Escolano, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/valdelobos/4962762339/
4. (c) Paul Gulliver, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/paul-g/7851364272/
5. (c) Sarah Gregg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/wild-eyes/10440312786/
6. (c) CameliaTWU, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/cameliatwu/13985897960/
7. Adapted by Bea Steinemann from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ononis_spinosa
8. (c) BioImages, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/22910710

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora Digital de Portugal
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NBN Atlas
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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