Onobrychis viciifolia - Sainfoin

Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) is a perennial nitrogen-fixing legume with a deep taproot, grown as forage and a soil-building cover crop on poor, dry, chalky, or alkaline soils. It grows 0.2-0.9 m tall.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 5²
• Hardiness zone 6²
• Hardiness zone 7²
• Hardiness zone 8²
• Hardiness zone 9²

Outputs

• Human food²

Type

• Perennial

Functions

• Nitrogen fixer²
• Soil stabilization²
• Attracting bees²
• Wildlife habitat²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.2-0.9

Footnotes

1. Sainfoin | USDA NRCS Plant Guide ↩

2. Onobrychis viciifolia | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰