| Astragalus spinosus (Forssk.) Muschl., it is a spiny dwarf shrub, appressed cancscent, up to 60 cm tall, intricately branched, younger parts densely tomentose. spines (persistent rachis of older leaves) 3-6.5 cm (rarely more) long, leaflets usually 4-5 pairs, oblong-elliptical to linear, usually 4-10 x 1-2 mm, obtuse, hairy on both surfaces. Peduncles up to c. 10 mm long. with 1-2-flowcred racemes. Flowers 20-25 mm long, creamy or white, frequently flushed with pink and the keel sometimes bluish-tipped, bracteoles 2-3 mm long, subulate, hirsute. Calyx 10-15 mm long, first tubular, then becoming inflated, ± globose-oblong in fruil, up 1015-20 x 10-15 mm, membranous. softly white-hairy. 30-40-nerved, teeth 2-3 (-4) mm, subulale. Pods 6-10 x 3-4 mm, oblong-ovoid, stipilate, shortly beaked, appressed-hairy, concealed by the calyx. Seeds oblong- ovoid, 3-3.5 x 2-2.2 mm, smooth, brownish. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Feb-Apr, Vern:———– , Phytochoria: SA+IT, The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Iran and Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:479915-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/479915-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212567, https://www.gbif.org/species/5345329, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146015/astragalus-spinosus-forssk-muschl, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ASTSPI/, https://botany.cz/cs/astragalus-spinosus/, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/50221.html |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Sirte Plains | Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Sirte 2015, 2016 | Slouk-Msus road 2000 Msus-Al-Ajramia zone 2004 | Sidi Omar Hagfet el-Bdahi 1933 |
| Marmarica Plateau | ||
| Wadi Al-Ramlah, (5 km) N. Al-Makili 1967 | ||
| 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 |
| Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68. https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en , https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf | Surt region in Libya 2016 |
| Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf | Plant Cover at Surt Region 2015 |
| El-Jetlawi A.O.(2004) Study of vegetation and soil seed bank of a range desert zone (Msus-Al-Ajramia), Master of Science Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya (In Arabic) | |
| El-Kady, H.F. (2000) Vegetation analysis along Sluk-Msus Road in southeastern Benghazi, Libya, El-Minia Scienve Bulletin, Volum. 13(1), pp.61-71. 2000. |
