| Medicago disciformis DC., it is an annual herb up to 10-30 cm, lying or ascending, softly pubescent. Leaflets obovate in corner, toothed at the top, stipules toothed at base. Yellow flowers, small, 2-4 on awned peduncles longer than the leaf, pedicels longer than calyx tube, wings shorter than the keel. Pods glabrous, quite large, discoid, very compressed, with smooth and shiny faces, with 5 very tight whorls, with thin and obtuse edges, the upper one unarmed, the others equipped with long hooked spines at the top. Seeds 1-2 in each coil oblong or reniform, c. 3.5 x 1.5 mm, pale-brown, smooth. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-Apr, Vern: Nafal, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506157-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/506157-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213422, https://www.gbif.org/species/2965208, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147107/medicago-disciformis-dc, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2912.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/meddis/, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/47343.html, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=4985, http://xloridaporto.blogspot.com/2015/04/medicago-disciformis.html |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Sirte Plains | Benghazi Plain |
| Sabrata 2008 | (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020 | Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 Soloq (Beir Bullerjam) 2022 |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Al-Qibla area | |
| Reported from Derna by Durand & Barratte | Wadis South of Mizda 2013 | |
| 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 |
| Omar, N., Adrees, A., Alhursh, A., Shuayb, M., Alajeeli, O., Alzerbi, A.K. (2022) Identification of the Most Important Weed Species in A Barley Crops in Beir Bullerjam Region-Soloq, Libya. Scientific Journal for the Faculty of Science-Sirte University Vol. 2, No. 1 April (2022) 15-22. http://journal.su.edu.ly/index.php/JSFSU/article/view/206, http://journal.su.edu.ly/index.php/JSFSU/issue/view/21 | Beir Bullerjam Region – Soloq, Libya 2022 |
| Omar, N., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Rahil, R.O., Alaib, M.A., Alzerbi, A.K. (2021) Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. Species-22(70), 2021. pp. (204-217). https://bit.ly/41TInWw, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/A4.pdf | Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya 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 |
| 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) | |
| El-Yafour, L. A. (2008) Taxonomic study of the vegetation properties of Sabratha city Master Thesis. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Al-Zawiya University, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Al-Aib, M. A. and El-Shakhy, N. O. (2008) Weed flora of great man made river agriculture project (sirte). Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development, Vol.102, Issue 3: 241-25. https://bit.ly/3njkLeH, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed-Alaib |
