| Anthyllis subsimplex Pomel / Heterotypic Synonyms: Anthyllis henoniana Coss. ex Batt., it is a small shrub up to 12-40 (-60) cm tall, much branched with branched woody, apprised white-silky with small hairs. Leaves (1-) 3- foliolate, the terminal leaflet larger than the others, oblong up to c. 15 x 5 mm. the other 2 (or the lower 2) laterals distant, much smaller, near the base of rachis which becomes broad and ± sheeting at base, rachis up to c. 1.5 cm long. Flowering heads (1-) 4-8-Flowered. axillary or on inconspicuous to conspicuous peduncles, subtending bracts 3-5, leaflet-like, just below the flowers. Flowers usually white-pink or purplish (or yellow?), 10 mm long. Calyx 6-7 mm long, tubular-campanulate. densely hirsute with hairs up to 2 (-3) mm long, teeth triangular-subulate, c.1\2 as long as the tube. Pod 1-seeded, included wilhin persistent calyx. Life Form: N.Ph, Flowering in: Jan-Apr, Vern:————, Phytochoria: SA, The native range of this species is Algeria to Libya. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:474777-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/474777-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000186870, https://www.gbif.org/species/5352338, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145650/anthyllis-henoniana-coss-ex-batt |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Al-Qibla area |
| Gharian 1968 (82 km) S. E. of Jado 1970 Gebel Nafousa 1971 Wadi Malah, (10 km) from Nalut, Aboghilan 1972 Gharian 1975 Jado 1977 | Wadi Zaza 2003 | Wadi Nesma region 2009 |
| 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 |
| Bahri, N.M. (2009) Study of the vegetation covers of Wadi Nesma region, northwest of Libya. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, College of Science, Sebha University, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H.(2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://bit.ly/3VowJ3q, http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf | flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003_compressed |
