Astragalus caprinus L.

General Appearance

Astragalus caprinus L. / Infraspecifics: Astragalus caprinus ssp. caprinus // Heterotypic Synonyms: Astragalus caprinus ssp. lanigerus (Desf.) Maire, it is a perennial herb, stemless to short-stemmed with very close internodes, glabrous to villose with thick root stock and rosette of basal leaves. up to 25 cm long, stipules oblong, membranous, 10-.10 x 3-8 mm, glabrous to villose. Leaflets (10-) 13-16 (-20) pairs, oblong to ovate, (4-) 10-30 x (3-) 5-15 mm. rounded, retuse or subacute at apex. Inflorescences sessile to pedunculate, often forming a radical duster, peduncles up to 10 cm long, glabrous to villose with spreading hairs, racemes 4-14 (rarely more)-flowered, often dense, bracts narrowly lanceolate to almost filiform. 10-20 x 1-4 mm. glabrous or villose. Flowers 20-30 mm long, yellow or yellow-greenish. turning reddish with age, pedicels 3 mm long. Calyx 15-17 x 4-6 mm, cylindrical, glabrous or thinly villose, teeth sub equal, subulate, 6-7 mm long, standard narrowly obovate, somewhat up curved and emarginate at apex. Pods shortly oblong to sub ovoid, 15-30 x 10-15 mm, oblong, ± stipitate. Sharply rostrate at apex, valves cartilaginous. pale-brown, glabrous or thinly villose, ± veined. Seeds reniform, compressed. 4-6 x 3-4 mm, brown, sometimes with purple blotches.

Flowering in: Almost the year round.

Life Form

H

Phytochoria

SA+IT. The native range of this species is S. & E. Medit. to Iran and Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: (35 km) E. of Tripoli 1977

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006

Sirte Plains: (25 km) W. of Sirte 1968 (15 km) before Sirte, (6 km) E. of Sirte 1977 (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Sirte 2015, 2016 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020

Benghazi Plain: Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021

Jabal Nafusa: Gebel Nafousa 1971 (20 km) from Al-Nagaza 1972 Gharian 1973 Msallata 1977 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Abughilan 2016 Tarhuna (Khsaya) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Marmarica Plateau: Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002

Al-Qibla area: Wadi Nesma region 2009

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:476658-1

Link of images: https://atlas-sahara.org/Fabaceae/Astragalus%20caprinus/Astragalus%20caprinus.html, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Djerba/Astragalus%20caprinus/Astragalus-caprinus.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ASTCAP/

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:476658-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/476658-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212469, https://www.gbif.org/species/5344548, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145799/astragalus-caprinus-l, https://atlas-sahara.org/Fabaceae/Astragalus%20caprinus/Astragalus%20caprinus.html, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/astragalus_caprinus/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ASTCAP/, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/fabaceae/astragalus-caprinus-subsp.-caprinus

Bibliographic References

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Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol. (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 72.

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Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. 2021.-مضغوط

Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1

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Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District – Libya. 2020

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Floristic Study and Species Diverisy of Msallata-Garaboulli Province. 2020

Omar, N.O.I., Alaib, M.A., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Alzerbi, A.K. (2020) Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Science 6 (2), (2020) 20-24. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar

Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. 2020

Omar, N., Alai, M.A. & Al-Zerbi, A.K. (2020) A Survey of Weed Species of Barley Crop Fields in Farms of GMR Agricultural Project in Jardina-Soloq Region, Libya. Libyan Journal of Basic Sciences, Vol: 11, No: 1, P: 29-38, August. 2020. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar, https://repository.uob.edu.ly/handle/123456789/1535

A Survey of Weed Species of Barley Crop Fields in Jardina-Soloq Region, Libya.2020

Mahklouf, M.H. Sherif, A.S, Betelmal, A. G. (2018) Floristic Study for Tarhuna-Libya. Hacettepe J. Biol. & Chem, 2018, 46 (3), 337-364. http://www.hjbc.hacettepe.edu.tr/journal/volume-46/issue-3/floristic-study-for-tarhuna-libya/index.html

Floristic Study for Tarhuna–Libya. 2018

Hegazy, A.; Kabiel, H.; AlRowaily, S.; Lovett-Doust,L. and AlBorki, A. (2017) Plant communities and reproductive phenology in mountainous regions of northern Libya. Journal of Forestry Research. July 2017, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 741–761. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11676-016-0345-8, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2

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Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya. 2016

Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf

Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. 2015

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Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. 2010

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Weed flora of great man made river agriculture project (sirte) 2008

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