| Lathyrus annuus L., it is an annual from 40 cm to 1 meter, glabrous. Stems winged at the top, climbing. Leaves with narrowly winged petioles, 1 pair of linear-lanceolate leaflets, 6-15 cm long, very branchy tendrils, stipules linear-acuminate. Flowers yellow to orange, quite large (12-14 mm), 1-3 on peduncles shorter than or equal to the leaf. Calyx with teeth equal to the tube, straight style, twisted on its axis. Pods measuring 6 cm by 1, broadly linear, canaliculated on the back, veined in a network, glabrous. Seed 6-8 subglobose or cubical, c. 4-5 mm, dark-brown. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Jun, Vern:———-, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit. to W. & Central Asia. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:501577-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/501577-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212672, https://www.gbif.org/species/5356361, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/70786/lathyrus-annuus-l, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=221, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2743.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_lathyrusannuus.php, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Lathyrus_annuus.php |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 | Reported from Cyrene to Susa by Keith |
| 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., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Rahil, R.O., Alaib, M.A., Alzerbi, A.K. (2021) Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. Species-22(70), 2021. pp. (204-217). https://bit.ly/41TInWw, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/A4.pdf | Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya 2021 |
