Ononis viscosa L. // Infraspecific: Ononis viscose ssp. viscosa, it is an annual herb up to 60 (-80) cm tall, erect, bristling with long, spreading white hairs mixed with glandular hairs; leaves petiolate, the lower and upper ones simple, the middle ones trifoliate, with oval or oblong leaflets, toothed, the terminal petiolate, stipules lanceolate, extending beyond the petiole. Yellow flowers, quite small, axillary, in long, loose, leafy clusters, peduncles filiform, articulated, longer than the leaf, with an edge 1-2 times longer than the pedicel. Calyx with linear lobes, three-nerved, 3-4 times longer than the tube. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx. Pods equaling to much exceeding the calyx, not or hardly pendulous. (6-) 10-20 It 3-4 (.5) mm. linear- oblong, densely glandular hairy, few to many-seeded. Seeds yellow-brown, 1-2 mm in diam, acutely tuberculate. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern:–————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to Iran. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510564-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/510564-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212926, https://www.gbif.org/species/2977105, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147721/ononis-viscosa-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3072.html, https://botany.cz/cs/ononis-viscosa/, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/110241/tab/fiche, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ONOVIS/ |
Distribution in Libya | ||
Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 | Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | Wadi El-Kauf, Gasr Libya, Shahat 1978 El-kouf area 1984 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Haboon 2015 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 |
Marmarica Plateau | ||
From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 |
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 |
Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 | An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021 |
El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3VkL3Kh, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-sedrores-mountains-in-gharyan-district-libya.php | Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020 |
Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. Journal homepage: http://scienceq.org/Journals/JABZ.php, https://bit.ly/3LgL0KQ, https://scienceq.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JABZV7I304.pdf | Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya 2020 |
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Raheel, RO. M., El-Borasi, Y. M., El-Barrani, M. W., El-Hassi, S. (2016) Study of Flora and vegetation cover of the semi-desert area between Salouq and Al-Abyar-the first high of Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya, Fourth Scientific Conference for Environment and Sustainable Development In dry and semi-arid areas. Ajdabia. Libya. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil | between Salouq and Al-Abyar 2016 |
El-Rabiai, G.T. & Al tira, M. (2015) Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences 6(8-9): Aug-Sep, 2015:4661-4665] Coden (USA): IJPLCP ISSN: 0976-7126. http://uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/27a3a-wadi-haboon.pdf | Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar 2015 |
El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769, IDOSI Publications, 2014 DOI: 10.5829/ idosi. aejaes. 2014.14.08.12375. https://bit.ly/3VtCvAA, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf | Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf 2014 |
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) | |
Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic) | |
Al-Hamadi R.I.(1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
ACSAD (1984) Wadi Al-Kouf National Park Studies Project. Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands. |