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: | |
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Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol. (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
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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 |
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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) | |
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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) | |
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