| Lotus polyphyllos E.D.Clarke, it is a densely silvery-white pubescent shrubby perennial up to 30 cm long, entirely covered with hairs, except the corolla and pods, with usually, 3-foliolate, crowded, sessile. Leaves, leaflets mostly ovale-lanceolate. Lower leaflets smaller closely placed, c. 5 x3 mm acute. Upper leaflets larger distant up to 10×5 mm, acute, some of them bearing axillary peduncles, up to 14 mm long with 1-4 flowres terminally. Flowers up to c. 9 mm long, yellow, truning brown when dried. Calyx sub equally 5-dentate with upper teeth somewhat longer than the lower ones, ± acute, densely white villous. Corolla somewhat exceeding the calyx. Pods small, up 10 c. 7 x 3 mm, inflated with flat margins and with abruptly deflexed persistent , 2 seeded. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Mar-Jun, Vern:———-, Phytochoria: SA, The native range of this species is Tunisia to Egypt. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503839-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/503839-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212235, https://www.gbif.org/species/5357003, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147012/lotus-polyphyllos-e-d-clarke |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| Sorman 1977 | Leptis Magna 1975 Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006 | Tawagha 1975 |
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Reported from Benghazi by Durand & Barratte Al-Maqron area 2006 Beach sand dunes in Karkurah 2021 | Ras El-Mesan 1972 Al-Nagaza 1974 | From Nuqrat Said to Wadi Al-Zagzoog 2019 |
| Marmarica Plateau | ||
| Reported from Tobruk, Bardi by Durand & Barratte Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 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 |
| Alteerah, M.A., El-Barasi, Y.M., Ali Alwerfally, A. (2021) Vegetation cover composition and seed bank study of beach sand dunes in Karkurah coastal area, east of Libya. Sustainability, Agri, Food and Environmental Research. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Munay-Alteerah | Karkurah coastal area 2021 |
| 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 |
| Ali, A. M., Lashhab, S. R., Abu-Aweena, A. A.M. (2019) Classification of vegetation cover and its geographical distribution in the area extending between Al-Haniya and Wadi Zagzoog in the north to Lasastata and Bishtaya in the south. Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar eastern Libya. Issue (61) Journal of Science and Human Studies- Al-Marj-University of Benghazi-Libya (In Arabic) https://bit.ly/42bAJX1, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/sd-lshhb, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/fdl-allh-altlhy | |
| Al-Dana, S. M. M. (2006) Taxonomic study of wild flower plants in some areas of Misrata. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Misurata University (7 October previously) Misurata, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| 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) | |
| Al-Shf, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| 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) |
