| Trifolium dasyurum C.Presl , it is an annual herb, like Trifolium stellatum L. but more robust with the, 2 uppermost Leaves suboppmite, leaflets (10-) 20-30 (-35) x (2-) 5-10 mm. elliptic to oblong or lanceolatc, acute, entire or almost so, stipules lanceolate-acuminatc, entire, heads 35mm long, often paired. Calyx teeth up to 4 times as long as the tube. Corolla shorter than calyx, purple above, whitish or pink below. Pods stipitate, membranous, oblong, obliquely apiculate, with solitary, globular to sub compressed. Smooth seed. c. 1.8 mm in diam. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern:————, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Iran. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:523069-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/523069-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212991, https://www.gbif.org/species/5359351, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148043/trifolium-dasyurum-c-presl, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/TRIDAS/, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Trifoliumdasyurum_page.htm, https://www.ukwildflowers.com/Web_pages/trifolium_dasyurum_eastern_star_clover.htm |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Reported from Benghazi by Durand & Barratte Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 | Gaber Jera 2013 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017 | Reported from Tobruk by Durand & Barratte |
| Al-Kufra area | ||
| Reported from Al-Kufra by Durand & Barratte | ||
| 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 |
| Omar, N., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Rahil, R.O., Alaib, M.A., Alzerbi, A.K. (2021) Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. Species-22(70), 2021. pp. (204-217). https://bit.ly/41TInWw, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/A4.pdf | Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya 2021 |
| El-Zerbi, A. K. & Al-Aib, M.A. (2017) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Bouras region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering JESE, VOL. 1, No. 1, January 2017. (In Arabic) http://jese.uoa.edu.ly/JESE_V1N1/JESE_V1N1P11.pdf | سيدي ابو راس 2017 |
| Al-Tajouri, A., Al-Aaeb, M.A., Al-Zarbi, A. K. (2013) Barley crop contamination with weed seeds in Gaber-Jira farms in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Benghazi University of Science-the third and fourth edition (45-53). (In Arabic) http://uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/c85d3-3-4-2013-a.pdf | قبر جيرة بالجبل الاخضر 2013 |
| El-Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F.M., Lamlom, S.H. (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Garyounis University Press Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 39-47, December 2010. http://sc.uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/5c3e5-39-47.pdf | Flora of Wadi El Ghattara 2010 |
