| Melilotus italicus (L.) Lam., it is an annual, erect herb, up to 60 cm (rarely more) tall, rather robust. ± glaucous, sparingly hairy or sub glabrous. Stipules lanceolate, the lower broadened at base and sharply dentate. Leaflets 20-45 x 10-20 mm, orbicular-obovate, the upper narrower, obtuse or truncate, laciniate-dentate. Racemes up to c. 5 cm long. lax. Many-flowered, much exceeding the subtending leaves, elongating in fruit. Yellow flowers 6-9 mm long. Calyx-teeth shorter than tube, unequal. Corolla c. 3 times as long as calyx, standard ±exceeding the wings and longer than keel. Pods globular-obovoide to oblong, (4-) 5-6 mm long, deflexed, obtuse, beaked with prominent reticulation, yellowish or greyish-brown when mature. 1-2 seed 3-3.5 mm long, ovoid or tuberculation or warted. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern:———, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1086606-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/1086606-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000185383, https://www.gbif.org/species/2971064, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147287/melilotus-italicus-l-lam, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/MELITA/, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Melilotus_italicus.php, http://xloridaporto.blogspot.com/2016/03/melilotus-italicus-l-lam.html, http://luirig.altervista.org/schedenam/fnam.php?taxon=Melilotus+italicus, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/MELITA/ |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Reported from Barce (Al Merj) Cirene (Shahat) by Pampanini Wadi Zaza 2003 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 |
| 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-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 |
