| Crotalaria saharae Coss, it is a perennial herb or subshrub spreading-ascending, with retrorsely white tomentose branches, up to 10-60 cm tall. Leaves 3-7-foliolate, petiole shorter than leaflets. Racemes variably long, few-many-flowered, standard 1 cm with brown veins, bracts deflexed, persistent. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: —————, Vern: ————-, Phytochoria: SA+SZ, The native range of this species is Sahara. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:488816-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/488816-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000209024, https://www.gbif.org/species/2941810, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/64406/crotalaria-saharae-coss, https://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Leguminosae/Crotalaria_saharae.htm, http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14&id=8386, https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.upwta.3_455 |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Ghat area |
| Wadi Tanezzuft, Wadi Serdeles, Ubarract 1934 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 |
| Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A.(2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://bit.ly/42hptsN, https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799 | plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya 2012 |
| 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) |
