| Lotus corniculatus L., it is a polymorphic plant perennial plant from 10 to 40 cm, glabrous or hairy at all degrees, with a hard stem. Stems full or barely hollow, lying or ascending. Leaflets obovate or oblong, stipules oval. Yellow flowers, turning green with desiccation, 3 to 6 on peduncles much longer than the leaf; calyx bell-shaped, with equal teeth, triangular awl-shaped, erect-connivent even in the bud, equal to the tube, wings obovate, with strongly curved lower edge, hull curved almost at a right angle. Pods 20 to 35 mm, linear, a little thick, straight. Seeds light to dark brown, 1-colored or spotted with violet-black spots or dots, small, ovoid, 1-1.7 mm. Life Form: H, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern:————- , Phytochoria: S.Cosm, The native range of this species is Temp. Eurasia, Macaronesia to NE. & E. Tropical Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30179739-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/30179739-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212180, https://www.gbif.org/species/5357013, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/687.html, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/lotus/corniculatus/, https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=5949, https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Lotus%20corniculatus, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/lotcor/, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Lotuscorniculatus_page.htm, https://arthropodafotos.de/db_plants.php?lang=eng&sc=1&sci=Lotus&scisp=corniculatus, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_corniculatus |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Sirte Plains | Benghazi Plain |
| (35 km) E. of Tripoli, Tripoli 1977 | (10 km) E. of Sirte 1975 | Reported from Benghazi by Pampanini Qaminas to Ajdabia (Slouk plain) 2006 |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Shirshara, Misallata, (8 km) S. of Gussbat 1978 | Wadi Zaza 2003 S. of AL-Marj 2011 Wadi Zaza, Wadi Al-Ager 2017 Wadi Derna 2017 | From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 |
| 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 |
| Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 | An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021 |
| Ab-Aziza, F.B., El–Barasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-Jabal. Research article I Botany l Version 1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil | Vegetation Wadi Derna 2017 |
| Mukassabi, T.A., Thomas,P.A., ELMogasapi, A.(2017) Medicinal plants in Cyrenaica, Libya: existence and extinction. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 10/2 (2017) 183-192. https://bit.ly/44GKtLd, https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/4064/ | Medicinal plants in Cyrenaica 2017 |
| EL-Barasi, Y. M., Barrani, M. W., Abdelsalam, O. EL-Amrouni, N., Mohamad, F. (2011) Check list of flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone: south EL-Jabal EL-Akhadar. Libya. Annals of Faculty Engineering Hunedoara-International Journal of Engineering. Tome IX (Year 2011). Fascicule 3. ISSN 1584-2673, 141-146. https://bit.ly/3p7s6hV, http://annals.fih.upt.ro/pdf-full/2011/ANNALS-2011-3-24.pdf | flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone 2011 |
| Al-Maghrabi A.S.S.(2006) Study of the vegetation and seed bank of the zone of Ghaminis and Agedabia (Slouk plain), Master of Science Thesis, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Academy of Graduated Studies, Benghazi Branch, Libya, 2006. (In Arabic) | |
| El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H.(2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://bit.ly/3VowJ3q, http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf | flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003_compressed |
| El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic) | |
| EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) |
