Associations
provided by BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK
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
Physical Description
provided by USDA PLANTS text
Perennial, Shrubs, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems less than 1 m tall, Trunk or stems armed with thorns, spines or prickles, Plants gland-dotted or with gland-tipped hairs, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules green, triangulate to lanceolate or foliaceous, Stipules persis tent, Stipules adnate to petiole, Leaves compound, Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, Leaves odd pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 3, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence axillary, Inflorescence or flowers lax, declined or pendulous, Bracts conspicuously present, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Petals pinkish to rose, Petals blue, lavander to purple, or violet, Banner petal suborbicular, broadly rounded, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing petals incurved, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Stamens 9-10, Stamens monadelphous, united below, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit enclosed in calyx, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit 1-seeded, Seeds reniform, Seed surface wrinkled or rugose, Seeds olive, brown, or black.
