Rest harrow
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Botanical Name |
Ononis repens |
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Family |
Fabaceae |
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Other Names |
Cammock, spiny rest harrow, stayplough |
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Habitat |
Grasslands, sand dunes |
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Description |
Perennial, woody, hairy, sharp spines Low growing, woody Leaves: roundish, oval or trefoil Flowers: bright pink, leafy spikes. Stipules covered with tiny hairs attached to leaf stalk June – September |
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Native to |
Europe |
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Parts Used |
Root, aerial parts |
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Actions |
Anti-inflammatory, anti-lilthic, diuretic, expectorant, laxative |
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Constituents |
Volatile oil: trans-anthole, menthone, isomenthone, camphot, linalool, menthol, estragole, borneol, carvone, cis-anethole Phenolics: trifolirfizin and other pterocarpans, tannins Lectins and phytohaemaglutinins Triterpenes: alpha onocerin, beta sitosterol Aerial parts: Flavonoids: isoflavones, pterocarpins, rutin, hyperoside, cosmosiin, myricetrin, apigenin, vitexin, luteolin, kaempferol, quercetin, faceidin, penduletin, formononetin, tectorigenin, biochanin A glucosides |
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Genito-urinary |
Gall stones, kidney stones |
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Other Uses |
Roots eaten as wild liquorice |
Restharrow –Spiny
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Botanical Name |
Ononis spinosa |
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Family |
Pea |
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Habitat |
Grassland, wasteland |
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Description |
Shrubby perennial up to 50cm Flowers pink, short stalked usually solitary July –October |
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Native to |
Central and western Europe |
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Constituents |
Essential oils, flavonoid glucosides, tannins |