| Crotalaria arenaria Benth., it is a perennial herb. Stem woody, prostrate, much branched, dcnsely paele villous, up 10 30 cm long. Leaves simple, stipules absent, leaflet elliptic, sessile. c,15 x 8 mm. brown, pilose on both surfaces, thick. Raceme, very few-flowered, lax. Flowers c. 10 mm long. Pods 10 mm long, densely pilose. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in:—————-, Vern:—————, Phytochoria: SZ, The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Sudan. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487810-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/487810-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000210584, https://www.gbif.org/species/2941882, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/64115/crotalaria-arenaria-benth, https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/Crotalaria.arenaria |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Tibesti area |
| Reported from Tibesti by Keith |
| 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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