Sainfoin

Sainfoin
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.
Family: Fabaceae, Pea
Genus: Onobrychis ...

Sainfoin
Related Category: Plants
(sn´foin) [Fr.,=holy hay], leguminous perennial herb (Onobrychis viciaefolia) of the family Leguminosae ( family) indigenous in S Europe and in temperate W Asia.

Sainfoin, Salad Burnet, Saltmarsh Flat Sedge, Saltmarsh Rush, Sand Catchfly, Sand Catstail, Sand Couch, Sand Crocus, Sand Leek, Sand Sedge, Sand Spurrey, Sanicle, Saw-wort, Scarlet Pimpernel, Scented Mayweed, Scentless Mayweed, Scorched Alpine Sedge, ...

Cockshead Sainfoin [English]: Onobrychis caput-galli
Cockspur [English]: Caesalpinia bonduc
Cockspur [English]: Echinochloa crus-galli
Cockspur [English]: Erythrina crista-galli
Cockspur [English]: Echinochloa haploclada ...

Although now seldom seen as a crop, having, like the Medick, given place to the Clovers, Sainfoin and Lucerne, Melilot seems, however, to have been a very common crop in the sixteenth century, seeding freely, ...

See also: Broom, Clover, Clove, May, Green