Skip to main content

Onobrychis ptolemaica (Delile) DC.

أذن الخرنق

Syn. Hedysarum ptolemaicum Delile (1813)

Fabaceae
  • Morphological Description
    • Description
      Perennial herb up to 40 cm tall. Leaves odd-pinnate, up to 12 cm long; leaflets 4-8 pairs, oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, up to 20 x 8 mm, glabrous above, sparingly hairy below, entire, obtuse or acute. Flowers in long, many-flowered racemes; flowers distant, yellow, brown-striped, up to 18 mm long. Pods densely long-hairy, orbiculate, flattened, up to 10 mm across, usually minutely prickly.
  • Habitat and Distribution
    • Geographical Distribution Range
      This Irano-Turanian and Saharo-Arabian species is distributed from Egypt to Turkey and Iran. For the Arabian Peninsula, it is native to Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
  • Ecology
    • Phenology
      Jan
      Feb
      Mar
      Apr
      May
      Jun
      Jul
      Aug
      Sep
      Oct
      Nov
      Dec
      Flowering
      Fructification
    • IUCN Red List Category
      Not Evaluated IUCN Icon
      Not Evaluated
  • Uses and Values
    • Other Usages
      Palatable
    • Description of Traditional Uses
      No specific documented uses were identified in accessible literature.
Gallery
Onobrychis ptolemaica fruits
Whole plant
Onobrychis ptolemaica seedling
Onobrychis ptolemaica leaf
Onobrychis ptolemaica leaf
Whole plant
Onobrychis ptolemaica flower
Onobrychis ptolemaica flower
Onobrychis ptolemaica flower
Whole plant