| Astragalus graecus Boiss., it is a perennial herb up to 20-30 cm (or more) long, robust, erect or ascending, branched and woody below, densely hairy with long, crisp hairs. Leaves stipulate, usually up to 20 cm long, with mostly 21-31 leaflets, stipules membranous, lanceolate, lower broader, upper narrower, free, leaflets sub orbicular to oblong-suborbicular, 5-10 mm long, glabrous above, hairy below, alternate to almost opposite. Axillary racemes 5-19-flowered, mostly sub sessile. Flowers 2.5 cm long, pale yellow, shortly pediculate, bracteates, bracts subulate or linear, membranaceous shorter than calyx. Calyx 12-14 mm long, membranaceous, hirsute, teeth shorter than tube. Corolla twice as long as calyx, standard obviate-oblong, exceeding the keel. Ovary pubescent, oblong, 14-ovuled. Pods oblong or ovate-oblong, 2S x 10 mm. excluding the slyle. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in:————, Vern:————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Central & S. Greece, NE. Libya. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:477663-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/477663-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212510, https://www.gbif.org/species/5342866, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145893/astragalus-graecus-boiss-spruner, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astragalus_graecus |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Benghazi Plain |
| Benghazi 1880 |
| 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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