| Lathyrus aphaca L., it is an annual herb up to 20-50 cm, glabrous, stems angular, weak, climbing; leaves reduced to a branching tendril, replaced by 2 large leafy stipules, ovate-sagittate, imitating 2 opposite leaves. Yellow flowers, quite small (8-10 mm), 1-2 on non-awned peduncles, longer than the stipules and tendrils. Calyx with teeth twice as long as the tube. Corolla little higher than the calyx, with a black-veined standard, without bumps at the base, straight style. Pod 2-3 cm by 6 mm, oblong, sabre-shaped, glabrous, with 4-5 seeds. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Jan-Mar, Vern:———-, Phytochoria: ES+MED+IT, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit. to Central Asia and Indian Subcontinent. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:501579-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/501579-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212673, https://www.gbif.org/species/5356649, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/70779/lathyrus-aphaca-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/630.html, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Lathyrus_aphaca.php, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_gesseaphaca.php, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/105162/tab/fiche, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/lathyrus/aphaca/, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Lathyrusaphaca_page.htm, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/LATAPH/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lathyrus_aphaca |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 Soloq (Beir Bullerjam) 2022 | (4 km) E. of Al-Merj, Wadi El-Hussaien along the coastal road ,Ras El-Hilal-Shahat 1967 Upper strem of Wadi El-Kauf, Wadi El-Kauf 1968 Baida 1970 Shahat, Gubba 1973 Shahat 1978 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 S. of AL-Marj 2011 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Gaber Jera 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017 Gernada, Shahat 2021 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Omm Rezum 1968 (10 km) W. Tobruk 1978 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 |
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