Onobrychis

Definitions

Ancient Greek ὄνος (onos, "ass") + βρύχω (brycho, "to eat greedily").

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This ecoregion is made up of gravel and scree slopes with widely scattered isolated tufts of bunch grasses, thorny hassock-shaped clumps of plants such as Onobrychis and Acantholimon spp.

Sulaiman Range alpine meadows 2008
Some of the wild relatives of agricultural plants that occur here include species in such genera as Triticum, Lens, Lathyrus, Pisum, Onobrychis, and Trifolium.

Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests 2008
It is considered a speciation center for such genera as Astragalus, Acantholimon, Couisinia, Centaurea, Onobrychis.

Eastern Anatolian montane steppe 2007
Sainfoin (_Onobrychis sativa_) is a perennial, leguminous, clover-like forage plant of the bean family.

Clovers and How to Grow Them Thomas Shaw 1880
Species found within the park include Thesium scabriflorum (V), Ferula halophila (V), Acantholimon saxifragiforme (R), Onobrychis elata (R), Phryna ortegioides (R), Reseda armena (R) and Silene splendens (R).

Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappodocia, Turkey 2008