| Trifolium fragiferum L., it is a perennial plant, 10 to 30 cm, pubescent, prostrate-rooting. Leaflets oval, strongly veined, denticulate, petiole, and hairy peduncles. Pink flowers, sessile, in subglobose heads, dense, hairy at maturity, axillary, long pedunculated. Bracteoles large, lanceolate, united in an involucre equal to the calyxes. Fruiting calyx swollen into a membranous, bladder, veined in a network, with 10 ribs, with 2 lips, the upper one arranged in a helmet and ending in 2 short, projecting, non-divaricate points. Corolla neither upside down nor scarious. Pods included, unstipated, without beak. Life Form: H, Flowering in:————, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: ES+MED+SA+IT, The native range of this species is Europe to Xinjiang, Macaronesia, N. Africa to NW. India Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:523154-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/523154-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213002, https://www.gbif.org/species/5358935, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/129023/trifolium-fragiferum-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1174.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_trifoliumfraga.php, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Trifolium_fragiferum.php, https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/trifolium_fragiferum.htm, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/TRIFRA/, https://bgflora.net/families/fabaceae/trifolium/trifolium_fragiferum/trifolium_fragiferum_en.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifolium_fragiferum |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Reported from Derna by Durand & Barratte and from Ain Mara by Pampanini El-kouf area 1984 |
| 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 |
| ACSAD (1984) Wadi Al-Kouf National Park Studies Project. Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands. |
