PLANTS Profile for Onobrychis viciifolia (sainfoin)

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Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.
sainfoin

Symbol:

ONVI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
CAN		I

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Onobrychis sativa

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Russian Federation. Usage Requirements.

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Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.

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Synonyms:
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.

	HEON	Hedysarum onobrychis L.
	ONSA	Onobrychis sativa Lam.
	ONVI3	Onobrychis viciaefolia Scop., orth. var.

Distribution:
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.


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USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, IL, MA, MN, MO, MT, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 21 species in Onobrychis

Classification:
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Onobrychis Mill. – sainfoin
Species	Onobrychis viciifolia Scop. – sainfoin

Introduced Information:
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26810.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 01:15 PM CST