| Trifolium micranthum Viv., it is an annual herb, up to 5-25 cm, glabrous, very slender, lying-diffuse. Upper leaves alternate, leaflets obovate, wedge-shaped, denticulate, all equally and very briefly petiolulate, stipules oblong-acute, not dilated at the base, longer than the petiole. Pale yellow flowers, whitish at the end, 2-6, spaced apart, in very small, loose heads; peduncles filiform, flexuous, longer than the leaf, very fine pedicels, longer than the calyx tube, standard smooth, streamlined on the back, slightly curved, barely longer than the non-diverging wings, style 6 times shorter than the stipitated pod. Life Form: Th, Flowering in:————-, Vern:———–, Phytochoria: ES+MED+IT, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, N. Africa to Iran, Europe to Caucasus. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:523401-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/523401-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213000, https://www.gbif.org/species/5359250, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148105/trifolium-micranthum-viv, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3815.htmlm, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_trifoliummicrant.php, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-France/Fabaceae/Trifolium%20micranthum/Trifolium-micranthum.html |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Reported from Barka by Durand & Barratte | Reported from Cirene by Pampanini Reported from Cirene by 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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