| Lotus edulis L., it is an annual herb up to 10-40 cm, not very hairy, ascending or diffuses. Leaflets obovate or oblong in corners, glaucous, stipules broadly oval, extending beyond the petiole. Yellow flowers, large, 1-2 on peduncles 2-3 times longer than the leaf. Calyx bell-shaped, with equal teeth, lanceolate-linear, twice as long as the tube, orbicular standard; wide, curved hull. Pods 20-30 mm, very thick, fleshy, leathery at the end, cylindrical, arched, deeply canaliculated at the upper edge, 2-celled, with large seeds. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-May, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503612-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/503612-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212191, https://www.gbif.org/species/5356908, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146949/lotus-edulis-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2855.html, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=4854, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_lotusedulis.php, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Lotus_edulis.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/LOTEDU/, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Lotus_edulis |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Benghazi Plain |
| Sabratah, (12 km) W. of Tripoli near sea shore 1967 Sabrata 2008 Mallaha Wetland Tripoli 2016 Sabratha region 2020 Coastal of Tripoli 2020 Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021 | Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006 | Road between Al-Kuwayfyah and Daryanah 1968 |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | |
| Abughilan 1972 Tarhuna, Shirshara 1974 Msallata 1978 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Tarhuna (Hejaz) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | Tocra, Wadi El-Kauf 1973 Shahat 1978 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 S. of AL-Marj 2011 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Derna 2017 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 Al-Baida, Gernada, Labraq 2021 | |
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