| Lotus subbiflorus Lag. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Lotus suaveolens Pers., it is an annual or perennating herb up to 50 cm long, usually villous or almost hirsute at least above, prostrate or ascending. Leaflets 5-20 x (1.) 4·9 mm, obovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate. Flowering heads (1-) 2-4-flowered, peduncles exceeding the subtending leaf. Bracts 1.3, variable in size, unequal. Flowers yellow. Calyx teeth lessthan 3 times as long as tube, very densely pilose. Keel obtusely bent upwards from near the base into a long beak. Pods (4-) 6-15 x 1.5-2 mm. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: May-Oct, Vern:————, Phytochoria: ES+MED, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, S. Ireland to Medit. Notes: Wild, rare in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503900-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/503900-1, https://www.gbif.org/species/5356841, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/176927/lotus-subbiflorus-lag, https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/lotus_subbiflorus.htm, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/lotsub/ |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 | Reported from Gebel Akhder by Durand & Barratte |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol. (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic) |
