Fabaceae
Sainfoin
Onobrychis viciifolia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Onobrychis
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Common names
By language (32)
- Arabic
- عنبريس بيقي الأوراق, انوبروخيس, عرن
- arz
- عنبريس بيقى الاوراق
- Basque
- Astorki
- Belarusian
- Эспарцэт пасяўны
- Catalan
- Esparcet, Pipirigall, Sainfoin
- Chinese
- 紅豆草, 红豆草, 驴食草, 红羊草, 驴食豆
- Czech
- Vičenec ligrus
- Danish
- Foder-Esparsette
- Dutch
- Esparcette
- English
- Sainfoin, Common sainfoin, Esparcet, Holy-clover
- Estonian
- Harilik esparsett
- Finnish
- Esparsetti
- French
- Sainfoin cultivé, Sainfoin, Esparcette cultivée, Esparcette à feuilles de vesce, Sainfoin cultive
- German
- Saat-Esparsette, Futter-Esparsette, Futteresparsette, Sainfoin
- hsb
- Sywny turkowski dźećel
- Hungarian
- Takarmánybaltacim
- kw
- Gweg benigys
- Latvian
- Vīķlapu esparsete
- Lithuanian
- Sėjamasis esparcetas, Sainfoin
- Macedonian
- Еспарзета
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Esparsett
- os
- Хуымæтæджы эспарцет
- Persian
- اسپرس ویکیفولیا
- Polish
- Sparceta siewna
- Romanian
- Sparcetă
- Russian
- Эспарцет виколистный, Эспарцет горошколистный, Эспарцет обыкновенный, Эспарцет посевной
- Slovak
- Vičenec vikolistý
- Slovenian
- Navadna turška detelja
- Spanish
- Esparceta, Pipirigallo, Arbeja de asno, Arveja de asno, Cresta de abubilla, Esparceta común, Esparceta loca, Esparcetilla
- Swedish
- Esparsett, Sainfoin
- Turkish
- Fiğ yapraklı korunga, Adi korunga
- Welsh
- Y godog, Gwyran fendigaid
Synonyms
- Hedysarum collinum Salisb.
- Hedysarum echinatum Gilib.
- Hedysarum montanum Pers.
- Hedysarum onobrychioides Winkl.
- Hedysarum onobrychis L.
- Hedysarum onobrychis L.
- Hedysarum onobrychis var. canone S.L.Welsh
- Onobrychis alba Boreau
- Onobrychis bifera (Alef.) Coulot & Rabaute
- Onobrychis collina Jord.
- Onobrychis esponellae Sennen
- Onobrychis glabra Desv.
- Onobrychis incana Gueldenst.
- Onobrychis onobrychis (L.) H.Karst.
- Onobrychis pallens Láng ex Neilr.
- Onobrychis pallescens Schur
- Onobrychis procumbens Fisch. ex Schrank
- Onobrychis sativa Lam.
- Onobrychis sativa var. bifera Alef.
- Onobrychis sativa var. calvescens Schur
- Onobrychis sativa var. communis Alef.
- Onobrychis sativa var. culta W.D.J.Koch
- Onobrychis sativa var. hirsuta Schur
- Onobrychis sativa var. pseudosupina Ball
- Onobrychis sativa var. silvestris Alef.
- Onobrychis spicata Moench
- Onobrychis viciifolia f. albiflora Rouy
- Onobrychis viciifolia f. glabrescens Beck
- Onobrychis viciifolia f. inermis Beck
- Onobrychis viciifolia f. nivea Beck
- Onobrychis viciifolia f. pallens (Láng ex Neilr.) Beck
- Onobrychis viciifolia f. pallidiflora Stelzhamer ex Gams
- Onobrychis viciifolia f. roseola Beck
- Onobrychis viciifolia f. subvillosa (DC.) Širj.
- Onobrychis viciifolia subsp. collina (Jord.) P.D.Sell
- Onobrychis viciifolia subsp. sativa Thell.
- Onobrychis viciifolia subsp. sativum (Lam.) Thell.
- Onobrychis viciifolia var. braunii Širj.
- Onobrychis viciifolia var. collina (Jord.) St.-Lag.
- Onobrychis viciifolia var. communis (Alef.) Coulot & Rabaute
and 11 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 1,405 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sascha Nunheim, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Полина Полежанкина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tinocolombi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mars 2002, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trinity Berry, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mars 2002, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Grant Chovil, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.