Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.

Family: Fabaceae

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Hedysarum onobrychis L., Onobrychis onobrychis (L.) Rydb. , Onobrychis sativa Lam., Onobrychis viciaefolia Scop.

Common names:

Cinquefoil (1900) (158)

Cockscomb (1900, misapplied) (158)

Cock's-head plant (1900) (158)

Common sainfoin (1942) (155)

Esparcet (1930-1949) (106, 109)

Esparcette (1850-1913, French, Ottawa) (28, 46, 68, 158)

Esparsette (1894, SD) (129)

Everlasting-grass (1900) (158)

Foenum Burgundiacum (1879) (46)

Foin francais (1879) (46)

French-grass [French grass] (1876?-1879) (46, 92)

Hen's-bill (1900) (158)

Holy clover (1949) (109)

Lucerne (1900, misapplied) (158)

Lupinella (1886) (110)

Medick fitch (1900) (158)

Onobrychis (Dioscorides & Pliny) (110)

Sainfoin (1886-Present) (45, 50, 68, 92, 107, 109, 110, 129)

Saintfoin (1949) (109)

Sand-foin (1932, SD) (85)

Sanfoin (1900-1903) (66, 158)

Wild clover (1850) (28)

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