| Medicago intertexta (L.) Mill., it is an annual, nearly glabrous procumbent or ascending up to 50 cm. Leaflets obovate, cuneate, denticulate, sometimes with a dark spot, stipules ovate to ovate-lanceolate, incise-dentate. Racemes 1- to 7(-10)-flowered. Corolla 6-9 mm. Pods 12-15 mm in diameter, in a spiral of (3-) 6-10 turns, ovoid, cylindrical or rarely discoid, convex at both ends, glabrous except often for the spines, transverse veins strong, anastomosing and forming a tangentially elongated network, spines usually 3-4 mm, curved and appressed to the pods. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern: Nefal, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, W. & Central Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506235-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/506235-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213437, https://www.gbif.org/species/2965405, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147131/medicago-intertexta-l-mill, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Medicago_intertexta.php, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_medicagointertexta.php, http://atlas-sahara.org/Fabaceae/Medicago%20laciniata/Medicago%20laciniata.html?cat=Fabaceae |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Benghazi Plain |
| Slouk-Msus road 2000 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
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| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| El-Kady, H.F. (2000) Vegetation analysis along Sluk-Msus Road in southeastern Benghazi, Libya, El-Minia Scienve Bulletin, Volum. 13(1), pp.61-71. 2000. |
