Flora

Lathyrus setifolius L., it is an annual herb, up to 30-60 cm, glabrous, stems angular, climbing. Leaves with 1 pair of linear-elongated leaflets, rowing tendrils, stipules linear, equal to the petiole. Brick red flowers, quite small (9-10 mm), solitary on capillary peduncles, not ridged, articulated at the top, longer than the petiole, shorter than the leaf. Calyx with slightly unequal teeth, equal to the tube. Corolla 8-10 mm long. Pods 20-25 mm by 7-10, rhomboidal-oblong, stipitate, pubescent on the sutures, network-veined, tawny. Seeds large tubercular 2-3, globular, papillose 3-6 mm, purple-brown.

Flowering in: Mar-Jul.

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Reported from Wadi Derna by Durand & Barratte and 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:502002-1

Link of images: https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/lathyrus-setifolius,   https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_gessetresfine.php,  https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/22206.html,     https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=2501

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:502002-1,   https://www.ipni.org/n/502002-1,   https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212705,   https://www.gbif.org/species/5356363,  https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146805/lathyrus-setifolius-l,   https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2756.html,   https://www.cretanflora.com/lathyrus_setifolius.html,   https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_gessetresfine.php,   http://www.bgflora.eu/Lathyrus%20setifolius%20L.%20EN.html,   https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Lathyrus_setifolius.php,  https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=2501