| Biserrula pelecinus L. / Homotypic Synonyms: Astragalus pelecinus (L.) Barneby // Syn. Astragalus pelecinus ssp. pelecinus, it is an annual herb up to 10-30 cm, hairy, lying or ascending. Leaves imparipinnate, with 7-15 pairs of oval or oblong leaflets, entire, stipules free, lanceolate. Flowers whitish, bluish at the top, small, spreading, 3-10 in subglobose clusters, loose, on peduncles shorter than the leaf. Calyx hairy, bell-shaped, with 5 equal, linear teeth, equal to the tube, standard erect, oval, longer than the wings equaling the obtuse hull, diadelphous stamens. Pods of 15-30 mm by 6-8, pendulous, broadly linear, flattened, bearing on both sides on the back a row of acute teeth separated by rounded sinuses, glabrous or pubescent, with 2 locules and with seeds in 2 rows. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern:———-, Phytochoria: MED+SA+SZ, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit. to Arabian Peninsula and Tanzania. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:481932-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/481932-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212547, https://www.gbif.org/species/2938473, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146053/biserrula-pelecinus-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1746.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_astragpeleci.php, http://www.floradecanarias.com/biserrula_pelecinus.html, https://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Leguminosae/Biserrula_pelecinus.htm, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/86073/tab/fiche |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Derna, Shahat, ruins 1978 |
| 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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