Fabaceae
Field restharrow
Ononis arvensis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Ononis
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Common names
By language (25)
- Arabic
- شبرق حدائقي
- Armenian
- Եզնարգել դաշտային
- arz
- شبرق حدائقى
- Azerbaijani
- Tarla paxlakolu
- Belarusian
- Стальнік палявы, Ваўчуг, Ваўчуга, Ваўчук палявы
- Bulgarian
- Обикновен гръмотрън
- Chinese
- 芒柄花, 田芒柄花
- Czech
- Jehlice rolní
- English
- Field restharrow, Rest harrow, Wild liquorice
- Estonian
- Haisev jooksjarohi
- Finnish
- Kenttäorakko
- Georgian
- Ფშნის ეკალი
- German
- Bocks-Hauhechel, Acker-Hauhechel, Weibchenkraut
- hsb
- Smjerdźacy tryčk
- kw
- Tag-arader
- Latvian
- Lauku blaktene, Tīruma blaktene, Ēzeļu puķe
- Lithuanian
- Šlaitinis dirvenis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bukkebeinurt, Stankbeinurt
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Bukkebeinurt, Stankbeinurt
- Polish
- Wilżyna bezbronna
- Russian
- Боярь-зелье, Лисий хвост, Стальник козлиный, Стальник колючий, Стальник полевой
- Slovenian
- Njivski gladež
- Tajik
- Зурунг
- Ukrainian
- Вовчуг польовий
- Welsh
- Tag yr aradr
Synonyms
- Anonis arvensis (L.) Lam.
- Bonaga arvensis (L.) Medik.
- Bonaga hircina (Jacq.) Medik.
- Bonaga mitis (Mill.) Medik.
- Ononis alopecuroides Coss.
- Ononis altissima Colmeiro
- Ononis altissima Lam.
- Ononis arvensis f. albiflora Soó
- Ononis arvensis f. macrophylla (I.Grinț.) Soó
- Ononis arvensis f. subrepens (Schmalh.) Luzhanin
- Ononis arvensis subsp. spinescens (Ledeb.) Luzhanin
- Ononis arvensis subsp. spinosa (L.) Ehrh.
- Ononis arvensis subsp. spinosiformis (Simkovics) Diklić
- Ononis arvensis var. inermis Gray
- Ononis arvensis var. spinescens (Ledeb.) Diklić
- Ononis arvensis var. spinosa L.
- Ononis hircina Jacq.
- Ononis hircina f. macrophylla I.Grinț.
- Ononis hircina f. spinescens Širj.
- Ononis hircina var. glandulosa Wimm. & Grab.
- Ononis hircina var. indica Širj.
- Ononis hircina var. inermis Ledeb.
- Ononis hircina var. krylovii Širj.
- Ononis hircina var. mollis Wimm. & Grab.
- Ononis hircina var. spinescens Ledeb.
- Ononis hircina var. spinosiformis (Simonk.) Širj.
- Ononis hircina var. spinosohircina (Feicht. ex Jáv.) Širj.
- Ononis hircina var. subrepens Schmalh.
- Ononis inermis Huds.
- Ononis inermis Pall.
- Ononis laevis Pall.
- Ononis mitis Pall.
- Ononis mitis Mill.
- Ononis occidentalis Lange
- Ononis procurrens Benth.
- Ononis purpurea Gilib.
- Ononis repens subsp. arvensis (L.) Greuter
- Ononis repens subsp. spinosiformis (Simonk.) Greuter
- Ononis semihircina Simonk.
- Ononis semihircina subsp. spinosiformis (Simonk.) Soó
and 13 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 139 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alexandr Stanislavschi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrey Sdobnikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Francesco Santoro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 07:14, 25 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Charles Stirton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitry Kulakov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andreas Plank, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Istvan Kovacs, CC0, from iNaturalist ![Field restharrow: 芒柄花 Ononis arvensis [阿姆斯特丹植物園 Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/%E8%8A%92%E6%9F%84%E8%8A%B1_Ononis_arvensis_-%E9%98%BF%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9%E4%B8%B9%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Hortus_Botanicus%2C_Amsterdam-_%289190626505%29.jpg/1280px-%E8%8A%92%E6%9F%84%E8%8A%B1_Ononis_arvensis_-%E9%98%BF%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9%E4%B8%B9%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Hortus_Botanicus%2C_Amsterdam-_%289190626505%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ononis
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- Small restharrowOnonis reclinataFabaceae
- Ononis pubescensFabaceae
- Ononis variegataFabaceae
- Foxtail restharrowOnonis alopecuroidesFabaceae
- Shrubby restharrowOnonis fruticosaFabaceae
- Ononis mitissimaFabaceae
- Ononis ornithopodioidesFabaceae
- Ononis bifloraFabaceae
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.