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Argyrolobium uniflorum (Decne.) Jaub. & Spach, it is a small shrublet. 10-20 cm. woody at base, silvery appressed-hairy, with rigid spreading to erect branches. Leaves 3·foliolate, 1-2 cm, petiolate, stipulate, leaflets oblong or oblong-linear, acute, as long as or exceeding the petiole, hairy. Flowers yellow, sometimes purplish, 4-6 mm long, solitary, leaf-opposed, shorty pedicelled, usually lax on branches. Calyx 2-lipped, slightly shorter than the corolla: lobes up to half as long as the tube. Pods up to 30 x 2-3 mm. 5-12-seeded, linear, compressed, torulose, beaked, silvery hairy. Seed  2 mm, subglobular,  yellowish-brown, smooth.  Life Form: Ch,   Flowering in: Mar-Apr,   Vern:————,   Phytochoria: SA+IT, The native range of this species is S. & E. Medit. to Pakistan.    Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:475275-1,    https://www.ipni.org/n/475275-1,   https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213237,   https://www.gbif.org/species/2963595,     https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145741/argyrolobium-uniflorum-decne-jaub-spach,   https://www.teline.fr/fr/photos/fabaceae/argyrolobium-uniflorum,   https://flora.org.il/en/plants/arguni/

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain Zliten-Misurata Plain Sirte Plains
Tripoli 1967  Talil, near Sabratah 1976  Sabrata 2008  Sabratha region 2020  Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021 Kaam area 2005 (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008  Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020
Benghazi Plain Jabal Nafusa Al-Qibla area
Jardina-Soloq Region 2020  Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 Gebel Nafousa, Gharian 1970  (35 km) S. of Nalut 1974  Kabau 1976 Between Jenawen and Shalshuk 1977 Qasr Alhaj 1978  Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008  Abughilan 2016  Tarhuna (Hejaz, Msabha, Terghlat, Zurgan) 2018   Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Wadis South of Mizda 2013
Ghat area 
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
Al-Sghair, F.G. and Mahklouf, M.H. (2021) Vegetation Survey for Vascular Plants of Protected Area of the University of Tripoli-Libya. Species. Vol.22 (69), 2021. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahkloufhttp://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/index.htm,   http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/A1.pdf  Vegetation Survey of the University of Tripoli 2021
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/41TInWwhttp://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
Al-khojah, H.M., Al-Yafour, L.A., Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7/Issue 4 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3Lop40u, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-selected-districts-in-sabratha-region-libya.php Sabratha region Libya 2020
Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. Journal homepage: http://scienceq.org/Journals/JABZ.php, https://bit.ly/3LgL0KQ https://scienceq.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JABZV7I304.pdf Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya 2020
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
Beit Al-Mal, A. G. & El-Hadar, I. A. (2018) An analytical study of vegetation (Case Study: Targhalat, Tarhouna Municipality, Libya.Special issue of the second annual conference on theories and applications Basic and Biological Sciences. 1 September 2018. الغطاء النباتي بترغلات ترهونه 2018
MahkloufM.H. SherifA.S, BetelmalA. G. (2018) Floristic Study for Tarhuna-Libya. Hacettepe J. Biol. & Chem, 2018, 46 (3), 337-364. https://bit.ly/3p26EuO,  http://www.hjbc.hacettepe.edu.tr/journal/volume-46/issue-3/floristic-study-for-tarhuna-libya/index.html Floristic Study for Tarhuna 2018
Hegazy, A.; Kabiel, H.; AlRowaily, S.; Lovett-Doust, L. and AlBorki, A. (2016) Plant communities and reproductive phenology in mountainous regions of northern Libya. Journal of Forestry Research. July 2017, Volume 28, Issue4, pp 741-761|. https://bit.ly/3HlBjcJhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2  
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)  
Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A.(2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://bit.ly/42hptsN, https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799 plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya 2012
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  
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)  
Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic)  
Al-Shf, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic)  
Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic)