| Astragalus peregrinus Vahl , it is an annual herb,up to 30 (-40) cm long, prostrate, white-villose . Leaves (3-)5-10 (-12) cm long, stipules ovate-triangulate. acuminate, villous, leaflets 8-12 pairs, oblong to obovate, emarginated or truncate, hairy beneath (especially on mid-nerve), glabrous or glabrescent above, petiolulate. Peduncles usually somewhat shorter than subtending leaves even in fruits. Flowers 15-18 mm long, white or pink, often with purple spots on keel, on (2-) 3-5-flowered, rather loose racemes. Calyx with white and blackish hairs, teeth subequal, halfe or to nearly as long as tube. Pods often darkish in colour, (25-) 30-60 x 5-7 mm. ± triquetrous with narrow dorsal groove and distinct ventral, somewhat tuberculate or serrulate keel, straight to subarcuate, tapering at top, covered with long, tubercle-based hairs. Seeds many, c. 2 mm. tetragonous when ripe. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-Mar, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: SA, The native range of this species is Medit. to Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:479170-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/479170-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212549, https://www.gbif.org/species/5346176, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145980/astragalus-peregrinus-vahl, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ASTPER/ |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021 | Kaam area 2005 | (6 km) E. Sirte 1977 (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Sirte 2015, 2016 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020 |
| Benghazi Plain | Marmarica Plateau | Ghat area |
| (79 km) from Ajdabia to Benghazi 1978 Ajdabia (Al-Bedan) 2016 Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 Soloq (Beir Bullerjam) 2022 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 | Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012 |
| 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 |
| Omar, N., Adrees, A., Alhursh, A., Shuayb, M., Alajeeli, O., Alzerbi, A.K. (2022) Identification of the Most Important Weed Species in A Barley Crops in Beir Bullerjam Region-Soloq, Libya. Scientific Journal for the Faculty of Science-Sirte University Vol. 2, No. 1 April (2022) 15-22. http://journal.su.edu.ly/index.php/JSFSU/article/view/206, http://journal.su.edu.ly/index.php/JSFSU/issue/view/21 | Beir Bullerjam Region –Soloq, Libya 2022 |
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| Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf | Plant Cover at Surt Region 2015 |
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| 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) | |
| Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) | |
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