| Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam., it is an annual or biennial plant, ascending or erect, glabrescent, reaching 40-80 cm. Upper leaflets oblong, toothed, and stipules lanceolate, almost entire. Yellow, fragrant flowers, in fairly loose clusters longer than the leaf, peduncles awned, pedicels longer than the calyx tube with 5 ribs and not broken by the pod, very uneven petals, the standard longer than the wings extending beyond the keel. Pods 3-5 mm long, transversely striated (not reticulated), usually 1 seed. Life Form: Th, Flowering in:———–, Vern:———–, Phytochoria: Cosm, The native range of this species is Europe to W. Himalaya and Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Introduced in Libya?????
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30429323-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/30429323-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213864, https://www.gbif.org/species/8193111, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/67099/melilotus-officinalis-l-pall, https://osogovonature.com/2021/06/19/melilotus-officinalis-l-lam/, https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Melilotus%20officinalis, https://www.invasive.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=6008, https://luirig.altervista.org/schedenam/fnam.php?taxon=Melilotus+officinalis, https://www.texasinvasives.org/plant_database/detail.php?symbol=MEOF, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/734.html, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Melilotus+officinalis |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jafarah Plain |
| (10 km) from Zuara to Farwa 1976 |
| 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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