Alhagi graecorum Boiss., it is a perennial or subshrub, Stems up to 80cm high, woody at the base in old specimens, glabrous or sparingly hairy, with long creeping stolons, stems erect or ascending, much branched, twigs spiny at their tips. Leaves, alternate, entire, oblong-elliptic or obovate, sessile or short-petioled. Flowers axillary or on spiny twigs, short-pedicelled. Calyx 3-4mm long, with short teeth. Corolla pink (dark), violet, 10-12mm long, ovary silky-hairy. Fruits indehiscent pod, 1-3.5cm long, 3-8-seeded cylindrical, brownish, smooth. Life Form: H, Flowering in: Apr-Aug, Vern: Agol , Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is SE. Greece to Arabian Peninsula and N. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:473468-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/473468-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212420, https://www.gbif.org/species/2945091, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/61613/alhagi-graecorum-boiss, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Alhagigraecorum_page.htm#google_vignette, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ALHGRA/, https://sebhau.edu.ly/journal/index.php/jopas/article/view/2318 |
Distribution in Libya | ||
Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains | Benghazi Plain |
Misurata 2008 | Sirte 2015, 2016 | Ajdabia (Al-Jaledia)2017 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 |
Al-Qibla area | Al-Jufra area | Al- Jaghboub area |
Wadis South of Mizda 2013 | EL-Jufra 2018 | Oasi di Gearbub 1926 |
Fezzan area | Ghat area | |
Wadi Al AjaL 1975 Wadi Al-Hayat 2009 Murzuq region 2023
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Ghal, Barka 1976 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 |
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