Crotalaria thebaica (Delile) DC.

General Appearance

Crotalaria thebaica (Delile) DC., it is a shrubby up to 30 cm (rarely more), villous with brownish hairs, ± stiffly branched. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, ovate to suborbicular, 4-8 mm, sessile, densely hairy on both sides, often undulate and reflexed at the apex, somewhat thickish and late deciduous. Flowers axillary, yellow-purplish, c. 5 mm. distant, few on terminal or axillary subspicate racemes. Pods 5-8 (-10) mm long, oblong to suborbicular, sessile. Densely pubescent, 2-3-seeded.

Flowering in: Sept-Nov.

Life Form

Ch

Phytochoria

SZ. The native range of this species is Egypt to N. Chad, Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Al-Uwinat: Gebel Uweinat 1968 Libyan border with Sudan 1979 Jabal Al-Uweinat region 2008

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:488966-1

Link of images: https://www.gbif.org/taxon/ZP7B

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:488966-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/488966-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000210585, https://www.gbif.org/taxon/ZP7B, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/64443/crotalaria-thebaica-delile-dc https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000412919

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. 19.

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

Alzwai, A.M.H. (2008) A study of the vegetation covers of the Jabal Al-Uweinat region in Libya. Master Thesis – Botany Department – College of Science – Garyounis University – Libya. (In Arabic).