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Hungarian Sainfoin

Onobrychis arenaria

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 113, February 83, March 131, April 205, May 296, June 323, July 346, August 297, September 218, October 163, November 89, December 70.
United States2,334
Alaska2,334
Russia1,317
Ukraine355
Kursk Oblast165
Irkutsk Oblast158
Autonomous Republic of Crimea128
Novosibirsk Oblast115
Penza Oblast92
Altai Krai65

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusSainfoins · Onobrychis

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Hungarian Sainfoin with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.