| Trigonella laciniata L., it is a prostrate annual herb, diffusely branched from the base. Leaves petiolate, leaflets 3–6 mm long, obtriangular-oblong, acutely and sharply dentate, stipules deeply and sharply laciniate. Flowers in sessile axillary heads. Calyx 2–2.5 mm long, teeth triangular, ± half as long as the tube. Corolla twice or more as long as the calyx, yellow. Pods c. 7 × 3 mm, oblong, straight, with prominent longitudinal nerves crossed by transverse ones, sub glabrous to sparsely hairy, many-seeded. Seeds c. 1 mm long, ovoid, brown, smooth. Life Form: Th, Flowering in:————, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: SA+SZ, The native range of this species is Algeria, Egypt to Sudan and Arabian Peninsula, Zambia. Notes: Doubtfully present in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524004-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/524004-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212946, https://www.gbif.org/species/5360397, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/63866/trigonella-laciniata-l, https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.flora.fz2834 |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Ghadames area |
| Reported from Ghadames 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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