| Medicago murex Willd., it is an annual herb,similar to the Medicago turbinata (L.) All. But Leaflets smaller, obcordate or obtriangular. Flowers bright-yellow. 4-5 mm long. Pods spherical 10 ellipsoid with strongly adpressed coil, coil surface with distinct sub marginal and marginal veins and 3-keeled at margin. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-May, 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:506297-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/506297-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213458, https://www.gbif.org/species/2965209, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147195/medicago-murex-willd, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/4605. html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_medicagomurex.php |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Reported from Benghazi by Pampanini | Reported from Gharian by Pampanini | El-kouf area 1984 Wadi El-Kouf 2016 |
| 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 |
| El-Zerbi, A. K. & Al-Aaib, M. A. (2016): Pastoral vegetation in Wadi Al-Kuf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya, Journal of Sciences and Human Studies – Al-Marj (electronic scientific journal, ISSN: 2312 – 4962 4102 / deposit number in the National Book House 482). (In Arabic) |
وادي الكوف 2016 |
| ACSAD (1984) Wadi Al-Kouf National Park Studies Project. Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands. |
