| Medicago monspeliaca (L.) Trautv. / Homotypic Synonyms: Trigonella monspeliaca L., it is an annual herb to 5-40 cm, lying or erect, pubescent. Leaflets oval in corner, toothed at the top, stipules toothed at base; yellow flowers, very small (4-5 mm), 4-12 in sessile lateral umbels. Calyx with equal teeth, longer than the tube, standard longer than the wings and the obtuse hull. Pods spread out star-shaped, 8-12 mm long, linear, arcuate, mucronate, with oblique veins, cylindrical. Seeds c. 1.5 mm. ovoid, brownish. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Jun, Vern:—————, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is Europe to Caucasus, Canary Islands to Pakistan. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506295-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/506295-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000186593, https://www.gbif.org/species/2965434, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148231/trigonella-monspeliaca-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/724.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_trigonellamonspelia.php, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Medicago_monspeliaca.php |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Marmarica Plateau | Al-Jufra area |
| Reported from Tripoli by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini | Reported from Tobruk area by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini | Reported from Gebel Saoda by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini |
| 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 |
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