| Ononis serrata Forssk., it is an annual herb, branched from the base. Stems erect, ascending or prostrate. Leaves trifoliolate with oblong leaflets, with sparsely toothed margins, teeth sometimes reduced to tubercles. Flowers solitary, short pediceled, arranged in a dense terminal raceme, which then elongates after anthesis. Corolla just slightly larger than the calyx, standard pink. often bluish-purple. Pods ± ovoid, included in the persistent calyx. Seeds c. 1.1-1.3 x 1.1-1.2 x 0.9-1 mm, oblong-ovoid, almost spherical, somewhat asymmetrical. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern:————– , Phytochoria: MED+SA+IT, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Mauritania to N. Africa, Kárpathos to Iran and Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510505-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/510505-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212912, https://www.gbif.org/species/2977279, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/64885/ononis-serrata-forssk, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=19, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/57789.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ONOSER/, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_ononisserrata.php |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| El-Geddaieda 1967 Tajura 1972 Tripoli 1967, 1977 (10 km) from Zwra to Farwa 1977 Sabratha region 2020 Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021 | Leptis Magna 1968, 1977 Leptus Megna 2004 Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006 | (123,2 km) W. Sirte, (11 km) E. Al-Boyerat 1977 (7 Km) S.E. of Sitre City 2008 Sirte 2015, 2016 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020 |
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Marmarica Plateau |
| Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 | (22 km) W. Khoms 1967 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
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| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol. (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
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