Lotus creticus L.

Common Name: Qarn Al-Ghazal.
Family: Fabaceae

General Appearance

Lotus creticus L., it is a perennial herb, up to 50 cm long, usually procumbent, appressed silky hairy to almost glabrous. Leafe rachis usually only c. 1 mm long; leaflets obovate-oblanceolate, ± apiculate, thickish, appressedly hairy, upper 5-10 (-15) mm long, lower about half as long as the upper ones. Peduncles at least twice as long as the subtending leaf. Head 2-6 (-8) flowered. F1owes 12-15 mm long, yellow, often with dark-tipped beak of the keel. Calyx, c. half as long as corolla, campanulate or slightly 2-lipped, the lateral teeth shorter than the others but acute; keel ± exceeding the wings, arched from near the base into a long, often dark-tipped, slightly incurved beak, often protruding from between the wings. Pods c. 30 (-40) x 2 mm, terete, straight. Seeds, 1.5 mm in diam., globular, brownish, often with dark spots, smooth.

Flowering in: Mar-Oct.

Life Form

Ch

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:  Tripoli 1967  Coastal of Tripoli 2020

Zliten-Misurata Plain:  Misurata 1975

Benghazi Plain:  Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016

Jabal Nafusa:  Tarhuna, Shirshara 1967  Ain Rumia, Awenia 1974  Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Shahat 1978   Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007

Marmarica Plateau:  Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930  (60 km) before Tobruk 1975

Jabal Al-Uwinat:  Jabal Al-Uweinat region 2008

 

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. 91.

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

Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1

An-updated-checklist-and-quantitative-analysis-of-the-Marmarica-Plateau-flora-مضغوط

Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Biodiversity of the coastal flora of Tripoli Province. Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 58: 13-19, 2020. BRC http://www.brc.amu.edu.pl,  http://brc.amu.edu.pl/pdf-127341-54763?filename=Biodiversity%20of%20the.pdf,    http://brc.amu.edu.pl/Issue-58-2020,9131

Biodiversity of the coastal flora of Tripoli Province. 2020

Raheel, RO. M., El-Borasi, Y. M., El-Barrani, M. W., El-Hassi, S. (2016) Study of Flora and vegetation cover of the semi-desert area between Salouq and Al-Abyar-the first high of Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya, Fourth Scientific Conference for Environment and Sustainable Development In dry and semi-arid areas. Ajdabia. Libya. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil

دراسة الفلورا والغطاء النباتي للمنطقة الشبه صحراوية الممتدة بين مدينتي سلوق والابيار . 2016

Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic).

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).

Nawras, A. M. B. (2007) A study of the vegetation cover in the Wadi (Valley) Stowah region. Master Thesis. Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University-Libya. (In Arabic).

Prodr. Fl. Ciren.: 267 (1931). https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica

Fl. Liby. Prodr.: 76 (1910). https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6399663s

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