Crotalaria saharae Coss.

General Appearance

Crotalaria saharae Coss., it is a shrubby up to 30-60 cm long, spreading-ascending, with retrorsely white tomentose branches, easily recognized by its digitately mostly 5-7-foliolate leaves, leaflets up to c. 8 x 1.5 (-2) mm, and 8-10-flowered racemes, standard 1cm with brown veins. bracts deflexed, persistent.

Life Form

Ch

Phytochoria

SA+SZ. The native range of this species is Sahara.

Distribution in Libya

Ghat area: Wadi Tanezzuft, Wadi Serdeles, Ubarract 1934 Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:488816-1

Link of images: https://atlas-sahara.org/Fabaceae/Crotalaria%20saharae/Crotalaria%20saharae.html, https://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Leguminosae/Crotalaria_saharae.htm

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:488816-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/488816-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000209024, https://www.gbif.org/species/2941810, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/64406/crotalaria-saharae-coss, https://atlas-sahara.org/Fabaceae/Crotalaria%20saharae/Crotalaria%20saharae.html, https://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Leguminosae/Crotalaria_saharae.htm, https://africanplants.senckenberg.de/item/8311, https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.upwta.3_455

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. Page. 21.

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

Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A. (2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259357995_Checklist_and_life_forms_of_plant_species_in_contrasting_climatic_zones_of_Libya

Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. 2012

Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic).