| Vicia narbonensis L., it is an annual herb, up to 20-50 cm, pubescent, erect, firm. Lower leaves without tendril, with 1 pair of leaflets, the upper ones with branched tendril, with 2-3 pairs of leaflets 2-3 cm wide, oval, entire, stipules almost entire, often spotted. Dull purple flowers, darker on the wings, large, 1-5 in small, very briefly and petiolated clusters, much shorter than the leaf. Calyx with unequal, erect teeth. Corolla 10-30 mm, dark purple. Pods 30-70 x 10-15 mm, black or brown, glabrous with tuberculate-dentate pubescent margin. Seeds 4-8, 4-6 mm; hilum 1/8 of the circumference. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-May, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is Madeira, Medit. to Central Asia and W. Himalaya. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524974-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/524974-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212761, https://www.gbif.org/species/2975132, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/63661/vicia-narbonensis-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3935.html, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Vicia_narbonensis.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/vicnar/, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Vicia+narbonensis |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Zliten-Misurata Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Misurata 1978 | Gaber Jera 2013 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020 |
| 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 |
| Al-Amrouni, M,M., Al-Zarbi, A., Al-Aeb, M. A. (2020) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Amohamed forest north of the city of Al-Abyar in the Al-Jabal Al-Al-Akhdar. Libya. Journal of Quality Assurance for Scientific Research-The first issue-April-2020 (In Arabic). https://lqac.org.ly/index.php/april2020/, https://lqac.org.ly/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PDF-1.pdf | غابة سيدي أمحمد شمال مدينة الابيار2020 |
| 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 |
