| Astragalus kahiricus DC., it is a perennial plant, root woody, stem villous, up to 30 cm or less long. Leaf imparipinnately compound, petiole c. 4.5-10 cm long, villous, rachis c. 5.0-17 cm long, villous. Leaflets 11-17, lateral leaflets opposite to alternate,c. 5-29 mm long, c. 5-29 mm broad, ovate-orbicular, entire, obtuse, glabrous above, sericeous, below petiolule c. 1.5 mm long, stipules c. 5-7 mm long, pilose externally. Inflorescence axillary raceme, peduncle c. 10-12 mm; bracts c. 4-6 mm, pubescent, pedicel c. 18-20 mm, villous. Calyx cup 13-14 mm long, teeth c. 6-7 mm long. Corolla yellow. Vexillum c. 28-30 mm long. Calyx enlarging in fruit, c. 28-35 mm long. Fruit c. 12-15 mm long excluding the apical tip and the basal stipe, glabrous, bilocular. Life Form: H, Flowering in: Jan-Apr, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: SA+IT, The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Central Asia and Pakistan. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:478051-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/478051-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212525, https://www.gbif.org/species/5346992, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145933/astragalus-kahiricus-dc, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250065075, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ASTKAH/ |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Recorded from Cyrenica by Pampanini |
| 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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