Flora

Astragalus annularis Forssk., it is a small, spreading 10 ascending annual herb, up to 20 cm long, ± spreadingly hairy. Leaves 2-6 cm long, stipules 1-2 mm, triangular, lanceolate, leaflets (1-) 2-4 pairs, 5-7 x 2-4 mm, obovate to oblong-obtuse, hairy, peduncles almost as long as subtending leaves. with (1-) 2-5-flowered, terminal racemes. Flowers 6·8 (.10) mm long, pink to pale purple, bracts longer than pedicels, subulate, bristly. Calyx campanulate, black- and white-hairy, teeth almost as long as tube, subulate. Pods 30-50 (-60) x 2.5-4 mm, spreading, semicircular to almost circular laterally compressed, terminating in a short incurved mucro, appressedly sparsely shon-bristly, glabrescent at maturity and with red spots, dorsal suture deeply furrowed, ventral obtuse.

Flowering in: Feb-Mar.

Zliten-Misurata Plain:  Kaam area 2005

Sirte Plains:  (25 km) W. Sirte 1968

Benghazi Plain:  Slouk-Msus road 2000  Ajdabia (Al-Bedan) 2016

Marmarica Plateau:  Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930

Wild in Libya, easily recognized by its red-spoiled pods.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:476164-1

Link of images:  https://www.ksanature.com/plants/astragalus_annularis/,    https://www.floraofqatar.com/astragalus_annularis.htm

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:476164-1,  https://www.ipni.org/n/476164-1,   https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212437,   https://www.gbif.org/species/5346316,   https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145772/astragalus-annularis-forssk,   https://www.ksanature.com/plants/astragalus_annularis/,   https://www.floraofqatar.com/astragalus_annularis.htm,  https://flora.org.il/en/plants/astann/