| Vicia peregrina L., it is an annual climbing herb. up to 20-50 cm, weakly pubescent, slender. Leaves with 3-7 pairs of spaced, linear, notched leaflets with 2 acute lobes, simple or rowed tendrils. Stipules with 2 entire linear lobes. Dull purple flowers, quite small, axillary, solitary, briefly pedunculated. Calyx pubescent, bell-shaped, with unequal teeth, the 2 upper ones short and curved outwards, the lower one equaling the tube, hairless standard. Pods 30-40 mm by 8-12, oblong, stipitate, pubescent with applied hairs, pendulous and tawny when ripe. seeds 3-7. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-May, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: ES+MED+IT, The native range of this species is Madeira, Medit. to Central Asia and Vietnam. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:525037-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/525037-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212776, https://www.gbif.org/species/2975262, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148430/vicia-peregrina-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3940.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_viciaperegrina.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/VICPER/, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Viciaperegrina_page.htm, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Vicia_peregrina.php, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Vicia_peregrina |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Reported from Benghazi by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini | Reported from Wadi Derna by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini Al-Baida, Gernada, Shahat 2021 | Reported from Tobruk by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini |
| Ghat area | ||
| Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012 | ||
| 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_compressed |
| Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A.(2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://bit.ly/42hptsN, https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799 | plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya 2012 |
| Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) |
