| Astragalus annularis Forssk., it is a small, spreading 10 ascending annual herb, up to 20 cm long, ± spreadingly hairy. Leaves 2-6 cm long, stipules 1-2 mm, triangular, lanceolate, leaflets (1-) 2-4 pairs, 5-7 x 2-4 mm, obovate to oblong-obtuse, hairy, peduncles almost as long as subtending leaves. with (1-) 2-5-flowered, terminal racemes. Flowers 6·8 (.10) mm long, pink to pale purple, bracts longer than pedicels, subulale, bristly. Calyx campanulate, black- and white-hairy, teeth almost as long as tube, subulate. Pods 30-50 (-60) x 2.5-4 mm, spreading, semicircular to almost circular laterally compressed, terminating in a short incurved mucro, appressedly sparsely shon-bristly, glabrescenl al maturilY and with red spots, dorsal suture deeply furrowed, venlral obtuse. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-Mar, Vern: Kreisha, Phytochoria: SA, The native range of this species is Algeria to Lebanon and Iran. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:476164-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/476164-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212437, https://www.gbif.org/species/5346316, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145772/astragalus-annularis-forssk, https://www.floraofqatar.com/astragalus_annularis.htm, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/astann/ |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains | Benghazi Plain |
| Kaam area 2005 | (25 km) W. Sirte 1968 | Slouk-Msus road 2000 Ajdabia (Al-Bedan) 2016 |
| Marmarica Plateau | ||
| Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 | ||
| 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 |
| Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 | An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021 |
| El-Zerbi, A. K. , Al-Borki, A. S., Al-Aib, M.A.(2016) Study of vegetation in Protected Al-Bedan southeast of Ajdabiya, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-No. (2) Volume (2) December 2016. ISSN: 2413-5267(In Arabic) http://www.asmarya.edu.ly/journal/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/JMSET01-2-2-2016-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf | الغطاء النباتي بمحمية البيضان 2016 |
| 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) | |
| El-Kady, H.F. (2000) Vegetation analysis along Sluk-Msus Road in southeastern Benghazi, Libya, El-Minia Scienve Bulletin, Volum. 13(1), pp.61-71. 2000. |
