Crotalaria arenaria Benth.

Family: Fabaceae

General Appearance

Crotalaria arenaria Benth., it is a perennial herb. Stem woody, prostrate, much branched, densely paele villous, up to 30 cm long. Leaves simple, stipules absent, leaflet elliptic, sessile. c,15 x 8 mm. brown, pilose on both surfaces, thick. Raceme, very few-flowered, lax. Flowers c. 10 mm long. Pods 10 mm long, densely pilose.  

 

Life Form

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Phytochoria

SZ. The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Sudan.

Distribution in Libya

Tibesti area:  Reported from Tibesti (probably Tehad area)  by Keith

Notes

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

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487810-1

Link of images: https://www.gbif.org/taxon/6BHCR

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. Page. 19.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

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