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Onobrychis
vicifolia (Sain Foin) Fabaceae (Pea Family) Foothills, montane. Roadsides. Summer, fall. Onobrychis vicifolia has attractive pink and white flowers swaying at the end of tall stems. It is an alien plant introduced to the United States, especially the West, for roadside stabilization and for fodder. Fortunately it is not common in the Four Corners area. Philip Miller named this genus in the mid-1700s and in 1753 Linnaeus named this species Hedysarum onobrychis from specimens collected in Siberia. The plant was renamed Onobrychis vicifolia by Giovanni Scopoli in 1772. Sain Foin (sometimes spelled as one word) is French for " healthy hay". "Onobrychis" is a Greek name for a now unknown plant; the name is perhaps derived from "onos", "donkey", and "bruchein", "to bray". "Vicifolia" means "with leaves like those of the genus, 'vicia' ". |
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Onobrychis
vicifolia (Sain Foin) Fabaceae (Pea Family) Foothills, montane. Roadsides. Summer, fall. |
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Onobrychis
vicifolia (Sain Foin) Fabaceae (Pea Family) Foothills, montane. Roadsides. Summer, fall. |
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Onobrychis
vicifolia (Sain Foin) Fabaceae (Pea Family) Foothills, montane. Roadsides. Summer, fall. Each of the indented, prickly seed pods contains just one seed. |
Range map © John Kartesz,
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Range map for Onobrychis vicifolia |