| Lupinus gussoneanus J.Agardh / Homotypic Synonyms: Lupinus micranthus Guss., it is an annual herb up to 20-40 cm , bristling with long spreading hairs. Leaflets obovate, hairy on both sides. Blue flowers, large, the lower ones alternate, the upper ones irregularly whorled, in elongated, interrupted clusters, pedicels much shorter than the calyx, with linear, persistent bracts. Calyx with unequal lips, the upper bipartite, shorter than the lower trifid. Pods 30-40 mm by 10-12, bristling with long hairs, with wavy upper suture, with 3-4 lenticular seeds, smooth, brownish marbled with fawn. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, 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:504517-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/504517-1, https://www.gbif.org/species/3972042, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147059/lupinus-micranthus-guss, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2864.html, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=4872, https://dryades.units.it/stagnisardi_en/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=2326&num=5966 |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Cyrenica, El-Hania 1934 |
| 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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