| Astragalus macrocarpus DC., it is a perennial herb, erect, robust , up to 60 cm tall, villose with long hairs. Leaves 10-25 cm long, arcuate-spreading, slipules 10-30 mm long, free nearly to the base, membranous, linear-subulate,hairy,Ieaflets 10-22 pairs, 10-20 x 6-10 mm, ovale to oblong ellipticial, flat or folded, retuse. Peduncles much shoter than subtending leaves with 5-12-flowered racemes, often subsessile. Flowers 20-35 mm long, yellow. Calyx tubular, about half as long as corolla. Sparingly white-villose, teeth about half as long as tube or shorter, lanceolate·linear, Standard oblong, spatulale, retuse. Pods 50-60 x 30 (-40) mm, woody, corky, obovoid, inflated, glabrous or hairy wilh rounded or concave sutures and a sharp, straight beak. 10 mm long. Life Form: H, Flowering in:—————–, Vern:—————, Phytochoria: E, MED, The native range of this species is Cyprus, Syria to Sinai. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:478468-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/478468-1, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145945/astragalus-macrocarpus-dc, https://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/64764.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ASTMAC/ |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Reported from Libya without locality by Kieth |
| 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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