| Trigonella maritima Delile ex Poir., it is an annual herb, procumbent, diffusely branched, glabrous or puberulent, up to 30 (-40) cm. long. Leaflets 4-10 (-12) 1I 3-6 (-10) mm, obcriangular to obovate or ± obcordate, shortly and shallowly toothed, peduncles 1-2 cm long, often shorter than the sublcnding leaves, later thickening conspicuously, (3-) 5-IO-flowered. Flowers yellow, 5-7 mm long, pedicels I-1.5 mm. deflexed in fruit. Calyx 2-2.5 mm long, teeth triangular. c. halfa long as the tube. Corolla twice or more as long as the calyx. Pods (8-) 10)-15 x 2 (-2.5) mm, pendulous, many-seeded, sub glabrous to sparsely hairy. Seeds c. 1 mm. ovoid, brown, smooth. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-Jun, Vern: Kherta , Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Central & SE. Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524024-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/524024-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212947, https://www.gbif.org/species/7744054, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148227/trigonella-maritima-poir, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=7969, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Trigonella_maritima.php |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| Sabratah, (12 km) W. of Tripoli, (20,23 km) E. of Tripoli 1967 Sabratah ruins, Talil beach, Tripoli 1976 Sabrata 2008 Mallaha Wetland Tripoli 2016 | Leptus Megna 2004 Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006, 2008 Leptus Magna 2017 | (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Sirte 2016 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020 |
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Daryanah 1972 Ajdabia (Al-Bedan) 2016 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 | Wadi Kaam 2017 | Tocra 1973 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 |
| Marmarica Plateau | ||
| Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Al-Tamimi 1968 Al-tamimi to Omm Rezum 1970 | ||
| 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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| Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 | An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021 |
| Omar, N.O.I., Alaib, M.A., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Alzerbi, A.K. (2020) Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Science 6 (2), (2020) 20-24. https://bit.ly/3Vm38ro, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar | Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya 2020 |
| Omar, N., Alai, M.A. & Al-Zerbi, A.K. (2020) A Survey of Weed Species of Barley Crop Fields in Farms of GMR Agricultural Project in Jardina-Soloq Region, Libya. Libyan Journal of Basic Sciences, Vol: 11, No: 1, P: 29-38, August. 2020. https://bit.ly/40Und9s, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar, https://ljbs.omu.edu.ly/vol11no1august-2020/ | Weed Species of Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 |
| 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 |
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| El-Zerbi, A. K. , Al-Borki, A. S., Al-Aib, M.A.(2016) Study of vegetation in Protected Al-Bedan southeast of Ajdabiya, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-No. (2) Volume (2) December 2016. ISSN: 2413-5267 (In Arabic) http://www.asmarya.edu.ly/journal/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/JMSET01-2-2-2016-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf | الغطاء النباتي بمحمية البيضان 2016 |
| Mahklouf, M.H. & Al-Sghair, F.G. (2016) Floristic and Inventory Study of Mallaha Wetland Tripoli – Libya. American Journal of Life Science Researches, Oct 2016, Volume 4, Issue 4.PP(119-123) https://bit.ly/3LJPNED, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf | Mallaha Wetland 2016 |
| Raheel, RO. M., El-Borasi, Y. M., El-Barrani, M. W., El-Hassi, S. (2016) Study of Flora and vegetation cover of the semi-desert area between Salouq and Al-Abyar-the first high of Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya, Fourth Scientific Conference for Environment and Sustainable Development In dry and semi-arid areas. Ajdabia. Libya. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil | between Salouq and Al-Abyar 2016 |
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| Baayo, Kh. A. (2008): Floristic composition and Phytochorological Analysis of Misratah area, Libya, Assiut Univ.J. of Botany 37(2), P-P. 33-78 (2008) | |
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| Al-Dana, S. M. M. (2006) Taxonomic study of wild flower plants in some areas of Misrata. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Misurata University (7 October previously) Misurata, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
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