Onobrychis viciifolia
Sainfoin at Hughes, ACT
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| Onobrychis viciifolia | MichaelMulvaney | 1 Mar 2021 | |
| Unverified | Jiggy | 26 Feb 2021 |
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3 comments
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.
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
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
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
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Onobrychis viciifolia Scientific name
- Sainfoin Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- 564m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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