Ornithopus

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Cultivation

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Read about Ornithopus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Ornithopus (bird's foot, referring to form of pod). Leguminosae. A few plants allied to Coronilla and Scorpiurus, from the Canary Isls. through Eu. to W. Asia; and also in Trop. Afr. and S. Brazil. They are little known horticulturally. The fls. are very small, whitish, rose or yellow in umbels, papilionaceous; standard nearly orbicular; wings oblong; keel obtuse and nearly straight; stamens diadelphous: pod much exceeding the calyx, separating into 1-seeded joints or parts. They are slender spreading annuals with pinnate Lvs. and axillary peduncles. The genus is known in cult, in the serradella, a forage plant in Eu., but of very small importance in this country. It is O. sativus, Brot., of Spain and Morocco: slender-stemmed and much-branched annual, 1½-2 ft., with strong tap-root: lfts. many, ovate: fls. rose-colored, in few-fld. umbels. It is sown in early spring, 40-60 Ibs. of seed to the acre. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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