| Ononis reclinata L. // Infraspecific: Ononis reclinata ssp. reclinata, Ononis reclinata ssp. minor (Moris) Arcang./ Heterotypic Synonyms: Ononis mollis Savi, it is an annual plant 5 to 25 cm, spreading-diffuse or erect, slender, hairy-glandular. Leaves trifoliate, petiolate, with obovate corner leaflets, strongly veined, and toothed at the top, the terminal petiolate, the floral ones simple, stipules ovate-acuminate. Flowers purpurine, small, in leafy corymbiform clusters, elongated at the end, articulated peduncles, often longer than the calyx. Calyx with trinerved lobes, three to four times longer than the tube. Corolla equal to the calyx or shorter. Pods protruding or not, pendulous, oblong-cylindrical, hairy, with 10 to 12 small, tubercular seeds. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Jun, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, W. Europe, Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510476-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/510476-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212908, https://www.gbif.org/species/2977133, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/64884/ononis-reclinata-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3066.html, https://maltawildplants.com/FABC/Ononis_reclinata.php, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/fabaceae/ononis-reclinata, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=502525 |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Benghazi Plain |
| Sabratah ruins 1976 Sabratah beach 1977 Sabrata 2008 Al-Hdaba Treatment Plant Tripoli 2016 Sabratha region 2020 | Leptis Magna 1977 Kaam area 2005 | Qaminas to Ajdabia (Slouk plain) 2006 |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Tarhuna (Meghawsha) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | Al-Bakur, near Tocra, (12 km) E. of Al-Merj 1968 Shahat, (20 km) from Derna to Baida, Ras El-Hilal 1978 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 Al-Mansora 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Haboon 2015 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 |
| 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 |
| Al-khojah, H.M., Al-Yafour, L.A., Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7/Issue 4 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3Lop40u, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-selected-districts-in-sabratha-region-libya.php | Sabratha region Libya 2020 |
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| Mahklouf, M. H. & Al Sghair, F. G. (2016) Biodiversity and Floristic Study of Al-Hdaba Treatment Plant Tripoli-Libya. American Journal of Life Science Researches, Original Article, pag. (101-103).Jul 2016, Volume 4, Issue 3, DOI: 10.21859/ajlsr-040307. https://bit.ly/3M2nCCi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf | Biodiversity of Al-Hdaba Treatment 2016 |
| 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 |
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flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003_compressed |
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