| Lotus hirsutus L. / Homotypic Synonyms: Dorycnium hirsutum (L.) Ser., it is a subshrub, bushy of 20-50 cm, hairy-cottony; stems woody at the base, lying or straightened, cylindrical. Leaflets and stipules similar, narrowly oblong in corner, hairy-wooly. Flowers large, 5-10 in loose heads on peduncles longer or shorter than the leaf, pedicels much shorter than the calyx. Calyx almost 2-lipped, with unequal teeth. Corolla 1 time longer than the calyx, standard and wings of white tinged with pink, black-purple hull. Pods few in number, short, ovoid-oblong, swollen, mucronate, and little beyond the calyx, with non-twisting valves, 2-4 seeds. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in:—————, 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:503681-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/503681-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212135, https://www.gbif.org/species/5354799, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146313/dorycnium-hirsutum-l-ser, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=2693, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Grece/Fabaceae/Lotus%20hirsutus/Lotus-hirsutus.html |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Tra el-Garib e Tolmeta, Wadi El-Kouf 1933 Wadi El-Kouf 1968 |
| 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 |
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