Ononis is a large genus of perennial herbs and shrubs from the legume family Fabaceae. The members of this genus are often called restharrows as some species grow as weeds on arable lands whose tough stems would stop the harrow. They are natively distributed in Europe. In herbalism restharrow is used to treat bladder and kidney problems and water retention. The active ingredients in restharrow are essential oils, flavonoid-glycosides, and tannins. Restharrows are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the grey pug and Coleophora ononidella (which feeds exclusively on O. arvensis).
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ononis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
eDNA detections6
Countries5
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type13 128 records
Wild obs. + sensor12 093
Museum / vouchered1 012
Cultivated / captive13
Other10
Origin
Native13
Introduced3
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO43 428 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy26% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 729≤1 km 903≤10 km 7 665>10 km 10
10 307 georeferenced · 1 786 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor12 093
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy25% within 1 km
≤100 m 65≤1 km 65≤10 km 307>10 km 87
524 georeferenced · 488 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 012
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 13 records without
Open the mapnot free-living13
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions29 of 59 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
322
MAlocation not on record
191
València, ES
96
BClocation not on record
57
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
35
Sevilla, ES
29
Kew, GB
29
Wlocation not on record
24
MeiseBGlocation not on record
14
Barcelona, ES
12
College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record
12
Canberra, AU
10
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
9
Vitoria, ES
8
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
8
Xiamen, CN
8
CICYTEXlocation not on record
6
Russian Academy of Sciences, Komarov Botanical Institutelocation not on record
6
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
6
BRNUlocation not on record
6
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
6
LDlocation not on record
6
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
5
PRClocation not on record
4
Tartu, EE
4
Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record
4
Berlin, DE
4
Dresden, DE
4
Stockholm, SE
4
San Sebastián, ES
3
Salzburg, AT
3
LfUlocation not on record
3
Badajoz, ES
3
Uppsala, SE
3
Tallinn, EE
2
Paris, FR
2
Oskarshamn, SE
2
Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze | Via Giorgio La Pira headquarter of the Natural History Museum in Florencelocation not on record
2
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record
2
CJBGlocation not on record
2
Coimbra, PT
1
NoColllocation not on record
1
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
1
BFLlocation not on record
1
Beijing, CN
1
Bourges, FR
1
EEZA-CSIClocation not on record
1
Granada, ES
1
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Madrid, ES
1
Christchurch, NZ
1
Salamanca, ES
1
South Kensington, GB
1
San Diego, US
1
Saint Louis, US
1
Córdoba, ES
1
Mlocation not on record
1
GZUlocation not on record
1
59 institutions · 975 of 1 012 vouchered records shown · 21 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Ononis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found6
Studies independent surveys1
Countries5
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 detections have coordinates
Open the map5 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median23.4 °C 17.2–26.3
Seasonal swing summer↔winter24.7 °C
Max temp (day)27.3 °C 21.2–32.7
Min temp (night)15.8 °C 13.0–20.4
Precipitation34.9 mm/mo 14.4–78.2
Air humidity54.2 % 45.0–60.2
Moisture balance-139 mm/mo -162–-51.5
Vapour deficit1,321 Pa 791–1,895
Wind speed3.10 m/s 1.60–4.80
Cloud cover29.0 % 20.4–34.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility13 128 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗