Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:750. 1753
Verified:
03/25/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
cock's-head – French-honeysuckle – honeyplant – Italian sainfoin – soola-clover – Spanish sainfoin – sulla sweet-vetch – sulla-clover – French
sainfoin d'Espagne – seille – sulla – German
französischer Süßklee – spanische Esparsette – Portuguese
sanfeno-da-Espanha – sula – Spanish
esparceta – pipirigallo – sulla – zulla – Swedish
rosenväppling –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Malta | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
6 | Other | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Europe
-
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Greece, Malta
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
France, Portugal
Other
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989 |
Bee plants | honey production | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Environmental | ornamental | | Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981 |
Environmental | soil improver | | Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=18615.
Accessed 5 October 2024.