| Lotus cytisoides L., it is a perennial plant up to 10-40 cm, pubescent, ash green or whitish. Leaflets oblong, cornered, stipules equal to or slightly exceeding the petiole. Large yellow flowers, 2-6 on peduncles twice as long as the leaf. Calyx with 2 lips, with keeled teeth at the top, unequal, the 2 lateral ones of the lower lip shorter, obtuse or acute, orbicular or oval standard, keel often purplish. Pods 30-50 mm, narrow, linear-compressed, bumpy, slightly thickened at the top, straight or arched. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Mar-Jun, Vern:————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya, It is a coastal species and very common in Libya in the sands.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503580-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/503580-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212184, https://www.gbif.org/species/5356937, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146936/lotus-cytisoides-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2854.html, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Lotus_cytisoides.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/LOTCYT/, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=2710 |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| Tripoli (20,23 km) E. of Tripoli 1967 Tajura 1972 Sabrata 2008 Mallaha Wetland Tripoli 2016 Sabratha region 2020 Coastal of Tripoli 202 | Sea shore N. of Misurata 1967 Leptis Magna 1968 Misurata 1976 Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006 Zliten coast 2022 | (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Sirte 2015 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020 |
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Road between Benghazi and Al-Kuwayfyah 1968 Daryanah 1972 Al-Maqron area 2006 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 Beach sand dunes in Karkurah 2021 | (22 km) W. of Khoms 1967 Shirshara, Tarhuna 1968 (20 km) from Al-Nagaza 1972 Gharian-Taglesa, (3 km) after Tarhuna, Al-Nagaza 1974 Misallata, Hafs area, Al-Nagaza 1972,1978 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Tarhuna (Terghlat) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Wadi Kaam (Dam & lake, Main course) 2022 | Wadi El-Hussain, along the coastal road Ras El-Hilal-Shahat 1967 Tocra, Marawa, Wadi Mahbool, Derna beach, Gubba 1973 (10 km) E. of Derna 1975 Wadi Derna 1978 Wadi Zaza 2003 Al-Mansora 2013 Wadi Derna 2017 |
| Marmarica Plateau | Al-Jufra area | |
| (50 km) from Masaid to Tobruk 1975 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 | Hun 2008 | |
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