Fabaceae
Spiny restharrow
Ononis spinosa
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Ononis
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Common names
By language (38)
- Arabic
- شبرق شائك, أونونيس, شبرق, شرش, لتين
- arz
- شبرق شائك
- Asturian
- Gatuña
- azb
- تیکانلی پاخلاکولو
- Azerbaijani
- Tikanlı paxlakolu
- Basque
- Itxiokorri
- Bulgarian
- Бодлив гръмотрън
- Catalan
- Gavó espinós
- Chinese
- 红芒柄花
- Croatian
- Zečji trn
- Czech
- Jehlice trnitá, Babí hněv
- English
- Spiny restharrow, Cammock, Restharrow
- Estonian
- Astel-jooksjarohi
- Finnish
- Ruusuorakko
- French
- Bugrane épineuse, Arrête-boeuf, Arrête-bœuf, Bugrane epineuse
- frr
- Holepuurt
- German
- Dornige Hauhechel, Dorn-Hauhechel, Eindorn, Weiberkrieg
- Greek
- Αγκαθερή ονωνίδα, Όνωνις η αγκαθερή
- Hebrew
- שברק קוצני
- hsb
- Kawaty tryčk
- Hungarian
- Tövises iglice
- Italian
- Ononide
- Japanese
- オノニス・スピノーザ
- li
- Kattedoorn
- Lithuanian
- Dygliuotasis dirvenis
- Macedonian
- Грмотрн
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vedbeinurt
- Persian
- خارخر
- Polish
- Wilżyna ciernista
- Romanian
- Osul iepurelui
- Russian
- Стальник колючий
- Serbian
- Zečji trn, Зечји трн, Ononidis radix, Вучији трн
- Slovak
- Ihlica tŕnitá
- Slovenian
- Navadni gladež
- Spanish
- Gatuña, Abreojo, Abreojos, Abrojo, Abrojos, Anonis, Asnillo, Balomaca
- Swedish
- Åsnetörne, Busktörne, Puktörne, Smalbladigt puktörne, Stallört
- Turkish
- Kayışkıran
- Welsh
- Tagaradr pigog
Synonyms
- Anonis spinosa (L.) Scop.
- Bonaga spinosa (L.) Medik.
- Ononis spinosa var. latifolia Lej.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 1,237 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: CorentinD, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stemonitis at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paul Braun, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sinclair Laing, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: jvilla, CC BY-SA 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.