| Ononis natrix L. / Infraspecific: Ononis natrix ssp. natrix , it is a small shrubs, much branched prostrate to erect, up to 1 m (rarely more) tall, glandular hairy. Leaves very variable, 1-3 (-5-7)-foliolate, leaflets sub orbicular to obovate or oblanceolate, usually 2-3 times as long as broad serrate or denticulate, rarely sub entire, mostly petiolate. Stipules adnate to petiole usually for about half its length, oblong-lanceolate. Flowers yellow, (6-) 10-18 mm. in terminal, loose and leafy raceme like inflorescence (panicle), on usually awned, hairy, 1-flower peduncles, about as long or shorter than the subtending leaf. Corolla about twice as long as the calyx, standard, obovate to orbicular, red- or purple-veined, wings shorter than standard but a little longer than keel. Pods 10-20 x 2-3 mm, cylindrical, beaked, hirsute, deflexed. Seeds c. 2 mm. sub orbicular, compressed, brown. Life Form: N.Ph, Flowering in: Jan-Apr, Vern: Sdedida , Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Canary Islands Central Europe to Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya, Medicinal plant.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510418-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/510418-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212878, https://www.gbif.org/species/2977234, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147532/ononis-natrix-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/796.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_coqsigrue.php, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Ononisnatrix_page.htm, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/110211/tab/fiche, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Ononis+natrix, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ononis_natrix |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| (12 km) W. Tripoli 1967 Tripoli 1976 Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021 | Beach sand dunes in Karkurah 2021 | Msallata, Wargha 1968 (4 km) W. Ain Zarga 1970 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | ||
| (8 km) S. of Gubba 1967 Wadi Derna 1968 Shahat, Taknes 1978 El-kouf area 1984 S. of AL-Marj 2011 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Ain Mara 2020 | ||
| 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 |
| Al-Sghair, F.G. and Mahklouf, M.H. (2021) Vegetation Survey for Vascular Plants of Protected Area of the University of Tripoli-Libya. Species. Vol.22 (69), 2021. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/A1.pdf | Vegetation Survey of the University of Tripoli 2021 |
| Alteerah, M.A., El-Barasi, Y.M., Ali Alwerfally, A. (2021) Vegetation cover composition and seed bank study of beach sand dunes in Karkurah coastal area, east of Libya. Sustainability, Agri, Food and Environmental Research. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi , https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Munay-Alteerah | Karkurah coastal area 2021 |
| Al-Maqsabi, F. M. & Makhlouf, M. A. (2020) Vegetation cover in the Ain Mara region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region – Libya. The Libyan Journal of Science (An International Journal): Volume 23, 2020. (In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/article/view/122, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Farag-Elmokasabi-2 | Vegetation Cover of Ain Mara 2020 |
| Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. Journal homepage: http://scienceq.org/Journals/JABZ.php, https://bit.ly/3LgL0KQ, https://scienceq.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JABZV7I304.pdf | Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya 2020 |
| El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSI Publications,2014 DOI: 10.5829/idosi. aejaes. 2014.14.08.12375. https://bit.ly/3VtCvAA, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf | Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf 2014 |
| 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) | |
| EL-Barasi, Y. M., Barrani, M. W., Abdelsalam, O. EL-Amrouni, N., Mohamad, F. (2011) Check list of flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone: south EL-Jabal EL-Akhadar. Libya. Annals of Faculty Engineering Hunedoara-International Journal of Engineering. Tome IX (Year 2011). Fascicule 3. ISSN 1584-2673, 141-146. https://bit.ly/3p7s6hV, http://annals.fih.upt.ro/pdf-full/2011/ANNALS-2011-3-24.pdf | flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone 2011 |
| ACSAD (1984) Wadi Al-Kouf National Park Studies Project. Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands. |
