General Appearance
Lotus cytisoides L., it is a perennial, prostrate herb, a variable species. The stems are trailing, up to 10-40 cm long, woody at the base, pubescent, ash green or whitish. branched, and ascending only at the tips. The leaves are alternate and short-stalked, with large, ovate stipules; the leaflets are narrowly deltoid, 5-15 mm long, and sometimes slightly fleshy. The flowers appear in clusters of 2-8 on long stalks; the calyx is two-lipped and 6-8 mm long, with the upper lobes shorter and recurved; the yellow corolla is 9-12 mm long, with a curved keel that is much shorter than the wings and features a short beak, often red at the tip. The flowers turn red as they fade. The fruit is a pod, 10-23 mm long and 2-2.5 mm wide, broadly linear and flattened, containing 5-13 seeds.
Flowering in: Mar-Jun.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain: Tripoli, (20,23 km) E. of Tripoli, along coastal road to Khoms 1967 Tajura 1972 Joddaim 1974 Sabrata 2008 Mallaha Wetland Tripoli 2016 Sabratha region 2020 Coastal of Tripoli 2020
Zliten-Misurata Plain: Sea shore N. of Misurata 1967 Leptis Magna 1968 Misurata 1975 Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006 Zliten coast 2022
Sirte Plains: (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Sirte 2015, 2016 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020
Benghazi Plain: Road between Benghazi and Al-Kuwayfyah 1968 Daryanah 1972 Al-Maqron area 2006 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 Beach sand dunes in Karkurah 2021
Jabal Nafusa: (22 km) W. of Khoms 1967 Shirshara, Tarhuna 1968 (20 km) from Al-Nagaza 1972 Gharian-Taglesa, (3 km) after Tarhuna, Al-Nagaza 1972, 1974, 1978 Misallata, Hafs area, 1972, 1978 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Tarhuna (Terghlat) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Wadi Kaam (Dam & lake, Main course) 2022
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Wadi El-Hussain, along the coastal road Ras El-Hilal-Shahat 1967 Tocra, Marawa, Wadi Mahbool, Derna beach, Al-Gubba 1973 (10 km) E. of Derna 1975 Wadi Derna 1978 Wadi Zaza 2003 Al-Mansora 2013 Wadi Derna 2017
Marmarica Plateau: (50 km) from Masaid to Tobruk 1975 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002
Al-Jufra area: Hun 2008
Notes
Wild in Libya, it is a coastal species and very common in Libya in the sands.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503580-1
Link of images: https://www.cretanflora.com/lotus_cytisoides.html, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/lotus-cytisoides, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=2710, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Lotus_cytisoides.php, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=4850
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503580-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/503580-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212184, https://www.gbif.org/species/5356937, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146936/lotus-cytisoides-l, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Lotus_cytisoides.php, https://www.cretanflora.com/lotus_cytisoides.html, https://botany.cz/cs/lotus-cytisoides/, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/lotus-cytisoides, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2854.html, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=2710, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/LOTCYT/
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Vegetation analysis of Wadi Kaam at northwest Libya.2022
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Biodiversity of the coastal flora of Tripoli Province. 2020
Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341306643_Floristic_Study_and_Species_Diverisy_of_Msallata-Garaboulli_Province_in_Libya
Floristic Study and Species Diverisy of Msallata-Garaboulli Province. 2020
Omar, N.O.I., Alaib, M.A., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Alzerbi, A.K. (2020) Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Science 6 (2), (2020) 20-24. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar
Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. 2020
Omar, N., Alai, M.A. & Al-Zerbi, A.K. (2020) A Survey of Weed Species of Barley Crop Fields in Farms of GMR Agricultural Project in Jardina-Soloq Region, Libya. Libyan Journal of Basic Sciences, Vol: 11, No: 1, P: 29-38, August. 2020. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar, https://repository.uob.edu.ly/handle/123456789/1535
A Survey of Weed Species of Barley Crop Fields in Jardina-Soloq Region, Libya.2020
Beit Al-Mal, A. G. & El-Hadar, I. A. (2018) An analytical study of vegetation (Case Study: Targhalat, Tarhouna Municipality, Libya.Special issue of the second annual conference on theories and applications Basic and Biological Sciences. 1 September 2018.
دراسة تحليلية للغطاء النباتي (حالة دراسية – ترغلات – بلدية ترهةنة-ليبيا) 2018
Mahklouf, M.H. Sherif, A.S, Betelmal, A. G. (2018) Floristic Study for Tarhuna-Libya. Hacettepe J. Biol. & Chem, 2018, 46 (3), 337-364. http://www.hjbc.hacettepe.edu.tr/journal/volume-46/issue-3/floristic-study-for-tarhuna-libya/index.html
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Mahklouf, M.H. &Al-Sghair, F.G. (2016) Floristic and Inventory Study of Mallaha Wetland Tripoli – Libya. American Journal of Life Science Researches, Oct 2016, Volume 4, Issue 4.PP(119-123) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310898871_Floristic_and_Inventory_Study_of_Mallaha_Wetland_Tripoli_-_Libya
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