| Ononis pendula Desf., it is a herbaceous plant, up to 40 cm, with trifoliolate leaves and uniflorous axillary inflorescences, with a non-awned peduncle. The leaves corresponding to the flower peduncles are normally unifoliate. The flowers have a corolla 1.5-2 times longer than the calyx, with a glabrous pinkish or bluish banner, with slightly darker veins and white or yellowish-white wings and keel. The teeth of the calyx are linear-lanceolate, entire. Life Form: Th, Flowering in:————-, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Canary Islands, S. Spain, Sicilia, N. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510433-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/510433-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212894, https://www.gbif.org/species/2977262, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147587/ononis-pendula-desf, http://www.floradecanarias.com/ononis_pendula.html |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Wadi El-Kauf, Lamluda 1933 Baida 1934 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 Wadi Haboon 2015 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 |
| 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 |
| El-farse, M.H. (2019) Study of the vegetation of Wadi Om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. Master Thesis- department of environmental science and engineering, Academy of post graduate studies, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| El-Rabiai, G.T. & Al tira, M. (2015) Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences 6(8-9): Aug-Sep, 2015:4661-4665] Coden (USA): IJPLCP ISSN: 0976-7126 http://uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/27a3a-wadi-haboon.pdf | Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar 2015 |
| Al-Sodany, Y. M., Shehata, M. N. & Shaltout, K. H. (2003): Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. ecologia mediterranea, tome 29, fascicule 2, 2003, p. 125-138. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yassin-Al-Sodany, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamal-Shaltout | Vegetation an elevation in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2003 |
| Al-Hamadi R.I.(1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) |
