| Ononis spinosa L., it is a perennial herb or shrublet, up to 60 cm long, erect or ascending, usually spiny, variously hairy and sparsely glandular. Leaves (1-) 3-foliolate, leaflets obovate to oblong, denticulate, 5-20 x 3-10 mm. Flowers shortly pedicellate, usually single in leaf-axil, forming lax racemes. Calyx campanulate, 5-10 mm, with linear-lanceolate, teeth much longer than the tube, each lobe 1-3-nerved, glandular, glabrescent. Flowers pink, occasionally white, 6-10 (.15) mm long, standard often purpl.e-veined. Pods ovate, glandular hairy, 1-3-ovuled, seeds orbicular, tubercled or smooth, 2 mm. Life Form: H, Flowering in: Apr-Sep, Vern:—————, Phytochoria: MED+ES=IT, The native range of this species is Europe to Xinjiang and W. Himalaya, N. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332101-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/332101-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000183372, https://www.gbif.org/species/2977149, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147678/ononis-spinosa-l, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ONOSPI/, https://botany.cz/en/ononis-spinosa/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ononis_spinosa |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Bumaria, (20 km) from Al-Abiar 1972 Shahat 1978 |
| 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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