| Trifolium angustifolium L., it is an annual herb 10-40 cm, stiff, erect, with applied hairs. Leaflets all linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, stipules narrow, with free linear awl-shaped part. Pink flowers, quite small, opening almost at the same time, in large oblong-conical or cylindrical heads, terminal, solitary, pedunculated. Fruiting calyx with oblong tube, hairy-silky, with ciliated teeth, spreading, stiff, linear awl-shaped, slightly uneven, ending in a yellowish, glabrous tip. Corolla roughly equal to the calyx. Seeds 1.83–2.06 x 1.33–1.52 x 0.86–1.13 mm, mostly ellipsoid-compressed. Testa smooth, glabrous, shiny, orange-yellow, areolate. Shallow spinning depression; circular thread, practically pointed, with a very fine edge. Minimal lens, barely discernible under low magnification (<40x), located at c. 0.1–0.15 mm of the thread. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-Apr, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: MED, native range is Macaronesia, Medit. to Iran. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:522858-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:522858-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212964, https://www.gbif.org/species/5359395, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148007/trifolium-angustifolium-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3803.html, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=285, https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.117604, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/TRIANG/, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Trifolium_angustifolium |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Shahat, ruins 1977 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 From Zawiet Tamula to Al-Manarh 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 |
| Ali, A. M., Lashhab, S. R., Abu-Aweena, A. A.M. (2019) Classification of vegetation cover and its geographical distribution in the area extending between Al-Haniya and Wadi Zagzoog in the north to Lasastata and Bishtaya in the south. Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar eastern Libya. Issue (61) Journal of Science and Human Studies- Al-Marj-University of Benghazi-Libya (In Arabic) https://bit.ly/42bAJX1, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/sd-lshhb, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/fdl-allh-altlhy | |
| 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-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSI Publications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://bit.ly/3VtCvAA, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf | Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf 2014 |
| El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H.(2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://bit.ly/3VowJ3q, http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf | flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003_compressed |
| 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) |
