| Trigonella anguina Delile , it is an annual herb, usually prostrate in habit, provided with multiple rampant stems that can reach 40 cm in length in very favorable conditions. Leaves trifoliolate, obovate leaflets. Very fragrant flowers, with a yellow corolla that barely extends beyond the teeth of the calyx. Pods short, characteristically folded. Seeds ellipsoidal, asymmetrical, glabrous, matte, pale orange in color, with scattered black spots and dots. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-Apr, Vern: Ahazas , Phytochoria: SS, The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Sahara to Pakistan. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:523877-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/523877-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212935, https://www.gbif.org/species/5360431, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/63863/trigonella-anguina-delile, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=15, http://atlas-sahara.org/Fabaceae/Trigonella%20anguina/Trigonella%20anguina.html?cat=Fabaceae, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/fabaceae/medicago-anguina |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Sirte Plains | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Qibla area |
| Wadi Soofejeen 2017 | Sharshara 1976 Wadi Kaam (Main course) 2022 | Wadis South of Mizda 2013 |
| Ghadames area | Al-Jufra area | Fezzan area |
| Reported from Ghadames by Durand & Barratte | Wadi Soda 1973 | (98 km) from Sebha to Hun 1973 |
| Ghat area | ||
| Reported from Ghat by Durand & Barratte Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012 | ||
| 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 |
| Almushghub, F., Ahmed, D., Sharaf El-Din, A., Shaltout, k. (2022) Vegetation analysis of Wadi Kaam at northwest Libya. Journal of Basic and Environmental Sciences, 9 (2022) 20-37. https://bit.ly/3AJ2ASJ, https://jbesci.org/viewp.php?files=published/9.1.3.pdf&id=213 , https://jbesci.org/published/9.1.3.pdf | Wadi Kaam 2022 |
| Bahri, N.M. (2017) Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka’am Areas, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-Volume (3) -Issue (2) (In Arabic) http://www.asmarya.edu.ly/journal2/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JMSET06-3-1-20171.pdf | وادي كعام ومناطق اخري 2017 |
| 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) | |
| Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A.(2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://bit.ly/42hptsN, https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799 | plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya 2012 |
| Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) |
