Onobrychis viciifolia

Sainfoin at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Onobrychis viciifolia	1 Mar 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	26 Feb 2021	Jiggy

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3 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

1 Mar 2021

Jiggy I went and had a look at this plant in location I think it is Onobrychis viciifolia (Sainfoin) but it had no flowers or pods and stipules had dried up - so will make a collection for the herbarium when it flowers. If is is Sainfoin it will be the first record of this species naturalised in the ACT and surrounding region. I gather it used to be used as hay plant in the 1950s and has low weed potential.

Jiggy wrote:

1 Mar 2021

Thank you Michael, I'll upload to inaturalist and send to Steve to put on his radar. The park care group a has done a great job here, and we have start to help them in protecting this site. You may have seen all the ALG on the boarder of this grassland starting to brown after we treated the alg and cng. We don't want a new incursion in this area. Cheers

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

2 Mar 2021

No worries Jiggy the other possibility is Crown Vetch (Securigera varia) but I ruled this out as the end leaflet is not larger than the others which appears to be an identifying trait for Crown Vetch

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Location information

Coordinates 149.090347 -35.326790
Altitude 564.0m
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
19 Feb 2021 12:22 PM Recorded on
Jiggy Recorded by
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Plants Peas Jiggy Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

True In flower

Species information

Onobrychis viciifolia Scientific name
Sainfoin Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Minor weed or pest
564m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower
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