| Astragalus caprinus L. / Infraspecifics: Astragalus caprinus ssp. caprinus // Heterotypic Synonyms: Astragalus caprinus ssp. lanigerus (Desf.) Maire, it is a perennial herb. stemless to short-stemmed with very close internodes, glabrous to villose with thick root stock and rosette of basal leaves. up to 25 cm long, stipules oblong, membranous, 10-.10 x 3-8 mm, glabrous to villose. Leaflets (10-) 13-16 (-20) pairs, oblong to ovate, (4-) 10-30 x (3-) 5-15 mm. rounded, retuse or subacute at apex. Inflorescences sessile to pedunculate, often forming a radical duster, peduncles up to 10 cm long, glabrous to villose with spreading hairs, racemes 4-14 (rarely more)-flowered, often dense, bracts narrowly lanceolate to almost filiform, glabrous or villose. Flowers 20-30 mm long, yellow or yellow-greenish. turning reddish with age, pedicels 3 mm long. Calyx 15-17 x 4-6 mm, cylindrical, glabrous or thinly villose, teeth subequal, subulate, 6-7 mm long. Standard narrowly obovate, somewhat upcurved and emarginatc at apex. Pods shortly oblong to sub ovoid, 15-30 x 10-15 mm, oblong, ± stipitate. Sharply rostrate at apex, valves cartilaginous. pale-brown, glabrous or Ihinly villose, ± veined. Seeds reniform, compressed. 4-6 x 3-4 mm, brown, somelimes with purple blotches. Life Form: H, Flowering in: Feb-Apr, Vern: Shacwit Erraie, Phytochoria: SA+IT, The native range of this species is S. & E. Medit. to Iran and Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:476658-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/476658-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212469, https://www.gbif.org/species/5344548, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145799/astragalus-caprinus-l, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ASTCAP/, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Astragaluscaprinus_page.htm, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/fabaceae/astragalus-caprinus-subsp.-caprinus |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| (35 km) E. of Tripoli 1977 | Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006 | (25 km) W. of Sirte 1968 (15 km) before Sirte, (6 km) E. of Sirte 1977 (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Sirte 2015, 2016 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020 |
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Marmarica Plateau |
| Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 | Gebel Nafousa 1971 (20 km) from Al-Nagaza 1972 Gharian 1973 Msallata 1977 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Abughilan 2016 Tarhuna (Khsaya) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 |
| Al-Qibla area | ||
| Wadi Nesma region 2009 | ||
| 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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