| Trigonella gladiata Steven ex M.Bieb., it is an annual herb, up to 5-25 cm, lying or ascending, hairy; leaflets oblong in corner, toothed at the top, entire stipules. Whitish flowers, quite small (8-10 mm), solitary or twinate, sessile in the leaf axils. Calyx very hairy, with equal teeth, shorter than the tube, standard longer than the wings and the obtuse hull. Pods erect, 2-4 cm long, linear-lanceolate, arcuate, hairy 1 with projecting longitudinal veins, ending in a beak 1 to 2 cm long, 4-8 ovoid seeds, strongly tubercular, reddish. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Apr-Jun, Vern:———–, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Medit. to Caucasus. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:523965-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/523965-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212945, https://www.gbif.org/species/5360432, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148222/trigonella-gladiata-m-bieb, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3843.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_trigonellagladiata.php, http://www.apatita.com/herbario/especie.php?id=Trigonella_gladiata, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-France/Fabaceae/Trigonella%20gladiata/Trigonella%20gladiata.html |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Reported from Wadi El-Kauf, Faidia, Slonta by Keith |
| 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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