| Lotus jolyi Batt., it is a perennial herb, appressed – pubescent, with elongated branches from the base. Stems hollow, Leaflets (upper and lower) closely placed oblong-oyate. Peduncles 2-3 (4) times as long as the subtending leaves, terminating into 1-3-flowered heads, often deflexed in fruits sub tending bract leaflet-like, 3, smaller than calyx. Flowers large. c. 13 (-15) mm long. brown or purple-yellow. 2-coloured. Calyx-teeth exceeding the tube, linear subulate, very acute, almost equal. Standard and wings brown-violaceous, slightly exceeding the wings and keel. Keel yellow, narrowed into a beak, obtuse or rounded al the back. Pods 20-25 x 2 mm. straighl, ± deflexed from the peduncle, many seeded. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in:——————, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: SA, The native range of this species is Sahara. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503704-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/503704-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212209, https://www.gbif.org/species/5356824, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146979/lotus-jolyi-batt, http://atlas-sahara.org/Fabaceae/Lotus%20jolyi/Lotus%20jolyi.html?cat=Fabaceae, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/fabaceae/lotus-jolyi, https://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Leguminosae/Lotus_jolyi.htm |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jufra area | Ghat area | Tibesti area |
| (80 km) from Hun 1973 | Reported from Ghat ( El-Barket, Wadi Iscien) by Corti | Reported from Tibisti 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 |
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