Plants : FabaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Ononis repens L.

Common Restharrow

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Ononis repens

Description: A low-growing herbaceous plant, sticky to touch, found especially in turf on sand dunes. It produces a purplish pea-shaped flower.

All names: Ononis repens L.; Ononis spinosa ssp. maritima (Dumort.) P.Fourn.

Distribution Map from NBN: Ononis repens at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Ononis repens at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Ononis repens. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3215. Accessed on 2026-11-02.