| Vicia sicula (Raf.) Guss., it is a perennial plant, glabrous up to 80 cm long, Leaves without a terminal tendril, leaflets 1-3 pairs. 20-S0 x 1-3 mm, linear, acute. The racemes exceeding the subtending leaves. 15-25-flowered. Flowers 15-20 mm long, pale-purple. Calyx, teeth unequal, shorter than tube, Pods 25-50 x 4-10 mm, glabrous, yellow, 4-8-seeded. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern:—————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is S. Italy, Sicilia, N. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:525143-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/525143-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212797, https://www.gbif.org/species/2975393, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148469/vicia-sicula-raf-guss, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=2403, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=8256 |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Benghazi Plain |
| Reported from Benghazi (Fuehat. Zanon, May 1916) by Pampanini |
| 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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