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Ononis rotundifolia
Round-leaved restharrow is a perennial subshrub of the pea family, reaching 20–60 cm, with pink flowers streaked red from June to September. It is grown mainly as an ornamental in sunny, well-drained spots, and is naturally rare in the north-western Mediterranean and Alps.
Ononis rotundifolia, commonly known as round-leaved restharrow, is a perennial shrub belonging to the genus Ononis of the family Fabaceae.
This quite rare north-western Mediterranean shrub occurs in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France and Spain, mainly in the Alps, the Cevennes and the Pyrenees.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ononis rotundifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
