Fabaceae
Cockshead sainfoin
Onobrychis caput-galli
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Onobrychis
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Common names
By language (4)
- Bulgarian
- Шлемовидна еспарзета
- English
- Cockshead sainfoin
- Persian
- اسپرس تاجی
- Slovenian
- Petelinja turška detelja
Synonyms
- Hedysarum bergerianum Spreng.
- Hedysarum caput-galli L.
- Hedysarum echinus Poir.
- Hedysarum gallicaput E.H.L.Krause
- Onobrychis affinis Verl.
- Onobrychis alectorocephale St.-Lag.
- Onobrychis bergeriana (Spreng.) DC.
- Onobrychis caput-galli f. affinis (Verl.) Širj.
- Onobrychis caput-galli f. brevispina Hausskn.
- Onobrychis caput-galli f. depressa (C.Presl) Širj.
- Onobrychis caput-galli f. glabrata Širj.
- Onobrychis caput-galli f. mirabilis Širj.
- Onobrychis caput-galli var. brevispina (Hausskn.) Chrtek & B.Slavík
- Onobrychis caput-galli var. tripolitana Pamp.
- Onobrychis depressa C.Presl
- Onobrychis echinus DC.
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.