Flora

Astragalus kahiricus DC., it is a perennial, ascending to semi-prostrate, root woody, with a thick, hollow stem branching from the base and reaching up to 60 cm in length. The leaves, up to 30 cm long, consist of 5-9 pairs of leaflets; the leaflets are broad and semi-circular, with a diameter of 3-4 cm. The inflorescence is an indeterminate, multi-flowered axillary raceme exceeding 20 cm in length. The flowers are yellow and over 2 cm long, Calyx cup 13-14 mm long, teeth c. 6-7 mm long. Corolla yellow, vexillum c. 28-30 mm long. Calyx enlarging in fruit, c. 28-35 mm long. Fruit c. 12-15 mm long excluding the apical tip and the basal stipe, glabrous, bilocular,  each half 1-seeded.

Flowering in: Jan-Apr.

Recorded from Cyrenica by Pampanini

Wild. I have not found a recent record of this species in Libya so far.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:478051-1

Link of images: https://www.ksanature.com/plants/astragalus_kahiricus/,  https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ASTKAH/

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:478051-1,  https://www.ipni.org/n/478051-1,   https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212525,   https://www.gbif.org/species/5346992,    https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145933/astragalus-kahiricus-dc,  https://www.ksanature.com/plants/astragalus_kahiricus/,   http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250065075,  https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ASTKAH/