| Sulla coronaria (L.) B.H.Choi & H.Ohashi / Homotypic Synonyms: Hedysarum coronarium L., it is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches 20-100 cm, with a characteristic taproot equipped with tubercles, highly developed. Hollow and fistulous stem with prostrate shape, much branched, glabrous or slightly hairy. Opposite, impart pinnate leaves made up of 5 to 9 segments, elliptical in shape with a sub-round margin, downy on the lower surface. Flowers gathered in ovoid axillary racemes, erect-patent, pedunculated, with a ruby-red to violet colored corolla with a 15-20 mm flag. Calyx 7-8 mm with sub equal teeth. Pods 3-5 discoid-shaped, bristling with spines, which when ripe breaks down into segments each containing a lenticular, shiny, yellowish seed. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in:——————, Vern:———, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is W. & Central Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:519725-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/519725-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000737469, https://www.gbif.org/species/5928735, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146603/hedysarum-coronarium-l, https://www.actaplantarum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=430, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Sulla_coronaria, https://botany.cz/cs/hedysarum-coronarium/ |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Qibla area |
| Wadis South of Mizda 2013 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
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| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) |
