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Etymology of Onobrychis crista-galli: The name of the genus, "Onobrychis", is Ancient Greek, "ὀνοβρυχίς" [onovrychis], and derives from "ὀνος" [onos], meaning "donkey" and "βρυχίς" [vrychis], meaning "feast, symposium" because according to the ancient Greeks, the donkeys were having a feast devouring Onobrychises. Latin "crista-galli" means "rooster's crest", because of the resemblance of its pod with the rooster's crest.
There are four Onobrychis taxa in the wild Cypriot habitat.
Onobrychis crista-galli is a neither common nor a rare plant in Cyprus. It exists in all the districts of Cyprus, except central mountainous Cyprus, up to a maximum altitude of 875 metres, primarily on the unfertile ground, cultivated fields, and grasslands. Its flowering period is from February until May.
How to identify Onobrychis crista-galli:
It has similar flowers as Onobrychis aequidentata, and crista-galli, but it differs from aequidentata primarily due to its peduncles that are generally shorter than subtending leaves, something that is opposite for aequidentata, which has very long peduncles.
Aequidentata has a kidney-shaped pod with a crest of regular deltoid lobes; its calyx-tube is pilose. Caput-galli has pods with a crest of slender spines; additionally, its calyx-tube is glabrous. Crista-galli has pods with a crest of flattened, deltoid or truncate, denticulate lobes; additionally, its calyx-tube is pilose.
