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Trifolium uniflorum L., it is a perennial plant of 3-6 cm, hairy, grassy, ​​with leaves and peduncles arising from a woody stem. Leaves long petiolate, leaflets rhomboidal-orbicular, veined, edged with cusped teeth. Purpurine or white flowers, large, at the end reflexed, solitary or twinate on very short axillary peduncles, close together, smooth, at the end swollen into a club and curved in 5. Calyx with 10 ribs, hairy teeth, almost equal, spreading, 1 time shorter than the tube. Pods protruding, linear-acute, hairy, with 3-6 seeds.   Life Form: Ch,   Flowering in: Mar-May,   Vern:————–,   Phytochoria: MED,  The native range of this species is SE. Europe to Türkiye, Libya.  Notes: Wild in Libya, Rare in Libya.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:523822-1,    https://www.ipni.org/n/523822-1,   https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213109,    https://www.gbif.org/species/5359468,   https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148202/trifolium-uniflorum-l,   https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3835.html,    https://botany.cz/cs/trifolium-uniflorum/,   https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/57949.html

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder
Slonta 1970 Gubba 1973  Taknis 1978   Al-Mansora 2013

 

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. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6(5).  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2013