Ononis spinosa L.

No botanical uses.

ALBERTA, CANADA
ALBERTA. CANADA
Ononis arvensis L.
South of Thorsby , ca 50 km southwest
of Edmonton (SW quarter of section 20
Township 48, Range 1 west of 5th
Meridian ).
? First record for North America .
Comm. Gerry Wheeler , Vegreville
Det. J. iicHeill & 3. Small 23 Sept. 1900
pa« Dr. E. Small - May 2009
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
DAO Herbarium
152.
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These plants were brought to Canada
from Poland about 40 years ago. They
were brought so the roots could be used
for medicinal purposes, apparently to
cure some mental problems. It mainly
grows along a streambank with one small
patch growing in a roadside ditch. I
was able to collect some more specimens
and wil-1 send them to you once they are
dried. •'
Gerry W. Wheeler, Alberta Environmental
Centre, Vegreville. 24th September 1980
Ononis spinosa L. subsp. hircina (Jacq.) Gams
(O. hircina Jacquin, O. arvensis L.)
02616386