| Trifolium strictum L., it is an annual herb, up to 10-30 cm, glabrous, smooth, stiff, erect or ascending. Leaflets oblong or lanceolate-linear, strongly veined, denticulate all around, with glandular teeth, stipules broadly ovate-obtuse, fused into a flared-triangular tube, denticulate-glandular. Pink flowers, small (4-5 mm), sessile, erect, in small, globose, tight heads, peduncles elongated, stiff, axillary and terminal. Calyx glabrous, with almost equal teeth, at the end spreading, standard slightly exceeding the chalice. Pod protruding, not dented, with 2 seeds. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: May-Jul, Vern:————, Phytochoria: ES+MED, The native range of this species is Europe to Türkiye, N. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:523753-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/523753-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213092, https://www.gbif.org/species/5359475, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148181/trifolium-strictum-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3830.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_trifoliumstrictum.php, https://botany.cz/cs/trifolium-strictum/, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-France/Fabaceae/Trifolium%20strictum/Trifolium-strictum.html, https://bgflora.net/families/fabaceae/trifolium/trifolium_strictum/trifolium_strictum_en.html |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Reported from Pastures of Cyrenaica by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini |
| 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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