| Lotus pedunculatus Cav. / Infraspecifics: Lotus pedunculatus ssp. pedunculatus // Heterotypic Synonyms: Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr, it is a perennial plant of 30-80 cm, glabrescent or hairy, with a creeping-stoloniferous stem, stems hollow, erect or ascending. Leaflets obovate in corner, glaucous below, stipules oval. Yellow flowers, greening on drying, 6-12 on thick peduncles 3-4 times longer than the leaf. Calyx bell-shaped, with equal teeth, spread or reflexed before flowering, lanceolate-linear, equal to the tube. obovate wings, with an almost straight lower edge covering the slightly curved hull at a very obtuse angle. Pods 20-30 mm , linear, cylindrical, straight. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Mar-May Mar-May, Vern:—————, Phytochoria: ES+MED, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, N. Africa, Europe to Türkiye. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503822-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/503822-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212230, https://www.gbif.org/species/5356854, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147004/lotus-pedunculatus-cav, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/689.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_lotuspedunculatus.php, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Lotus_pedunculatus, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=502704, https://floradegalicia.wordpress.com/2019/10/15/lotus-pedunculatus/, https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/lotus_uliginosus.htm |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| Reported from Tajura by Keith | Reported from Tarhuna 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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