| Astragalus tragacantha L. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Astragalus massiliensis (Mill.) Lam., it is a perennial richly branched shrub, forms hemispherical, dense, compact, very prickly cushions 20–50 cm high. The leaves are alternate, pinnate, 3–4 cm long, the leaf spindle is terminated by a stiff, very sharp thorn and persists on the twigs for many years, leaflets are very small, 2–4 mm long and 1–1.2 mm wide, soon falling off, the upper ones often transformed into spines, stipules are lanceolate, attached to the spindle. The flowers form very poor, mostly 1–2-flowered racemes; they grow on short petioles 2–3 mm long, calyx about 4 mm long tube and 1 mm long lobes, the corolla consists of white, 12–14 mm long paves the wings are also white, while the shuttle is about 10 mm long, purple at the tip. The pods is oblong, 1–1.3 cm long, densely appressed stellate hairy. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Mar-Jun, Vern:———–, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is S. France to Iberian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:480242-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/480242-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212571, https://www.gbif.org/species/5346065, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146024/astragalus-tragacantha-l, https://botany.cz/cs/astragalus-tragacantha/, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_astragalustraga.php, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Astragalus+tragacantha, http://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-France/Fabaceae/Astragalus%20tragacantha/Astragalus-tragacantha.html, https://flora-on.pt/?q=Astragalus+tragacantha, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/93090.html |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Marmarica Plateau |
| Al-Tamimmi 1990 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
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| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| El-Mokasabi, F.M. (2017) Studies on the Flora of Libya. Cont ROL, Research article I Botany l Version 1. | Studies on the Flora of Libya 2017 |
| Sherif A, El-Taife A, Labani R, Siddiqi and El-Gadi A. (1990) Additions and Corrections to the Flora of Libya. Bulletin, Nat Herb, Tripoli University, Libya. 1990; 1: 20-32. |
