| Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Ervilia sativa Link, it is an annual herbaceous species that can reach 50 cm high. Leaves lacking tendrils, very populated with leaflets, up to 14 pairs. Leaflets obovate to oblong-elliptical, obtuse, barely mucronate. Long-pedunculated racemes, shorter than the axillary leaf, few floriferous (1–4 flowers). Calyx with non-gibbous base; teeth equal, subulate, larger than the tube. Corolla small, 6–10 mm long, white, slightly tinged with purple. Pods glabrous, straw-colored, torulous, with 2–4 seeds. Seeds 3.7–4 x 3.8–4.2 x 3.8–4, tetrahedral, smooth, matte, varying from gray to slightly orange as they age. Thread 1–1.2 mm, oval to elliptical, occupying c. 1/12 of the contour of the seed. Lens prominent, amber red, almost black in aged seeds, located at c. 1–2 mm of the thread. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-Jun, Vern:———, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Medit. to Central Asia. Notes: Introduced in Libya??? , Rare.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524727-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/524727-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212738, https://www.gbif.org/species/2974887, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/63659/vicia-ervilia-l-willd, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/VICERV/, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=178, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/40413.html, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3931.html, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Vicia+ervilia,https://alchetron.com/Vicia-ervilia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicia_ervilia |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Tarhuna (Terghlat) 2018 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | Labrag 1978 |
| 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-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3VkL3Kh, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-sedrores-mountains-in-gharyan-district-libya.php | Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020 |
| Beit Al-Mal, A. G. & El-Hadar, I. A. (2018) An analytical study of vegetation (Case Study: Targhalat, Tarhouna Municipality, Libya.Special issue of the second annual conference on theories and applications Basic and Biological Sciences. 1 September 2018. | الغطاء النباتي بترغلات ترهونه 2018 |
| Mahklouf, M.H. Sherif, A.S, Betelmal, A. G. (2018) Floristic Study for Tarhuna-Libya. Hacettepe J. Biol. & Chem, 2018, 46 (3), 337-364. https://bit.ly/3p26EuO, http://www.hjbc.hacettepe.edu.tr/journal/volume-46/issue-3/floristic-study-for-tarhuna-libya/index.html | Floristic Study for Tarhuna 2018 |
