| Astragalus asterias Steven, it is an annual herb, up to 30 cm long. erect to prostrate, appressed-hairy with mainly white and few black hairs. Leaves 2-4 (-6) cm long. with 13-25 leaflets, petiolate, leaflets elliptic or oblong-elliptic, obtuse (3-) 6–10 x 1.5-4 mm. appresscd-hairy, stipules 3-5 mm long, triangular-lanceolate, black and white hairy. Peduncles shorter or longer than subtending leaves, spreading or erect. Flowers 7-9 mm long, sessile, bluish or whitish in dense, (3-) 4-7-flowered, short, spicate heads. Calyx densely black and white hairy, 3-4 mm long, feeth about as long as or slightly shorter than tube. lanceolate-subuliltc. Pods 10-16 x 3 mm, stellately spreading, linear or linear-lanceolatc. 2-gibbous at base tapering acute, appresscd-pubescent with unequal long and short whitc hairs. Seeds irregularly oblong, compressed. 2-2.5 x 1.5 mm, pitted, brownish or greenish. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Jan-Mar, Vern: Kreisha, Phytochoria: SA+IT, The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Pakistan, Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:476285-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/476285-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212443, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212443, https://www.gbif.org/species/7359369, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145780/astragalus-asterias-steven, https://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/4715.html, https://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/cdm_dataportal/taxon/83afa235-04cd-4b9d-9486-01228c919542, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ASTAST/ |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| Tajura 1972 Sabrata 2008 Gefara plain 2010 El-Zawia 2015 Sabratha region 2020 | Misurata 2006 | (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020 |
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Marmarica Plateau |
| Ajdabia (Al-Bedan) 2016 Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 Soloq (Beir Bullerjam) 2022 | Asaba 1970 (36 km) N. Nalut 1975 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Tarhuna (Msaaed) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 |
| Al-Qibla area | ||
| Wadis South of Mizda 2013 | ||
| 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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| Mahklouf, M.H. Sherif, A.S, Betelmal, A. G. (2018) Floristic Study for Tarhuna-Libya. Hacettepe J. Biol. & Chem, 2018, 46 (3), 337-364. https://bit.ly/3p26EuO, http://www.hjbc.hacettepe.edu.tr/journal/volume-46/issue-3/floristic-study-for-tarhuna-libya/index.html | Floristic Study for Tarhuna 2018 |
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| 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) | |
| Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) | |
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