Meadow Flowers (sainfoin)
Onobrychis viciifolia - Sainfoin
Sainfoin is a plant most at home on dry, free-draining chalk and limestone soils. In Britain it grows wild on chalk grassland in southern England such as Salisbury Plain where it may be native. In other places it is considered a relic of past cultivation. It has been grown since the 17th century on chalklands as a high value specialist fodder crop, for example for horses. Its use in agriculture declined by the 1950's, but there has been a resurgence in interest in it as a crop in recenty
Meadow Flowers (sainfoin)
Onobrychis viciifolia - Sainfoin
Sainfoin is a plant most at home on dry, free-draining chalk and limestone soils. In Britain it grows wild on chalk grassland in southern England such as Salisbury Plain where it may be native. In other places it is considered a relic of past cultivation. It has been grown since the 17th century on chalklands as a high value specialist fodder crop, for example for horses. Its use in agriculture declined by the 1950's, but there has been a resurgence in interest in it as a crop in recenty