Ononis spinosa, Tall Spiny Rest-harrow,
Hebrew: שברק קוצני, Arabic: الشبرق الشائك

Scientific name:		Ononis spinosa L.
Synonym name:		Ononis antiquorum L., Onosis leiosperma Boiss.
Common name:		Tall Spiny Rest-harrow
Hebrew name:		שברק קוצני
Arabic name:		الشبرق الشائك, alshabriq alshshayik
Family:		Papilionaceae, פרפרניים

Life form:		Hemicryptophyte
Spinescence:		Stems
Leaves:		Alternate, compound, trifoliate
Flowers:		Pink
Flowering Period:		April, May, June, July, August, September, October
Habitat:		Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:		Med - Irano-Turanian
Summer shedding:		Perennating

Location: Bnei Zion Nature Reserve Derivation of the botanical name: Ononis, (Theophrastus) is from the Greek onos, meaning "ass" (because they are said especially to like it), and the classical Greek name used by Pliny for the rest-harrow. spinosus, spinos, "thorny", refers to its spiny nature. antiquorum, of the ancients. leiosperma, Greek leios, λειοϛ, smooth; sperma, σπερμα, seed, germ; smooth seeded. The hebrew word: shabrak, שברק, borrowed from Arabic Al-Shabraq, Al-Shibraq, ononis. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.