| Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal., it is an annual herb, 20-60 cm, lying down, almost glabrous, leaflets obovate in corner, toothed at the top, stipules cut into thin strips. Yellow flowers, small, 1-3 on awned peduncles shorter than the leaf, pedicels longer than calyx tube, wings shorter than the hull. Pods large (10-18 mm in diameter), glabrous or pubescent, non-thorny, lenticular, not or barely perforated in the center, with convex faces provided with radiating veins, with 3-5 whorls, with a flat sub foliate edge, black when ripe, 4-5 seeds in each pod. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern: Nefal, Phytochoria: MED+SA+IT, The native range of this species is Medit. to W. Himalaya and Ethiopia. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506322-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/506322-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213459, https://www.gbif.org/species/2965299, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/65921/medicago-orbicularis-l-bartal, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2917.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_medicagoorbicularis.php, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/107677/tab/fiche, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/MEDORB/ , https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=2576 |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Road between Al-Kuwayfyah and Daryanah 1968 Slouk-Msus road 2000 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 | Shahat 1978 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Al-Mansora 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 Al-Baida, Gernada, Labraq, Shahat 2021 | Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008 |
| 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 |
| Abusaief, H.M.A. & Boasoul, S.H. (2021) A taxonomic study of twelve wild forage species of Fabaceae. Heliyon 7 (2021) e06077. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021001821, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief | Taxonomic study of wild forage species of Fabaceae 2021_ |
| Omar, N., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Rahil, R.O., Alaib, M.A., Alzerbi, A.K. (2021) Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. Species-22(70), 2021. pp. (204-217). https://bit.ly/41TInWw, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/A4.pdf | Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya 2021 |
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| El-Kady, H.F. (2000) Vegetation analysis along Sluk-Msus Road in southeastern Benghazi, Libya, El-Minia Science Bulletin, Volum. 13(1), pp.61-71. 2000. | |
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