Onobrychis crista-galli.
Botanical name:
Onobrychis crista-galli Lam. Leguminosae. Hedgehog.
Mediterranean region. This singular plant is grown in vegetable gardens as a curiosity on account of the peculiar shape of the seed-pods. It has no utility. Its seed appears in some of our seedsmen's lists.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.