Medicago coronata (L.) Bartal.

General Appearance

Medicago coronata (L.) Bartal., it is an annual herb up to 10-25 cm, slender, ascending or erect, pubescent. Leaflets small, obovate in corner, serrated at the top, stipules entire or toothed at base. Yellow flowers, very small, 3-8 on capillary peduncles, not awned, 1-2 times longer than the leaf, pedicels shorter than calyx tube, wings shorter than the hull. Pods pubescent, very small, discoid, with concave faces, veined in a network, with 2 whorls spaced apart, with flat edges, garnished on each side with a row of straight, stiff spines, imitating 2 superimposed crowns. Seeds 1-2 (-3) in each pod. 1.5-3 x 0.5 mm, oblong to semi-lunate, brownish, smooth.

Flowering in: Apr-Jun.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

MED+IT. The native range of this species is Medit. to Central Asia and Iran, N. Oman.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain: El-Zwetina N.E. Ajdabia 1934 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010

Jabal Nafusa: Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Solonta, Bir-Gabasei 1934 S. of AL-Marj 2011 Al-Mansora 2013

Marmarica Plateau: Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506129-1

Link of images: https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_medicagocoron.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/MEDCOR/, https://bgflora.net/families/fabaceae/medicago/medicago_coronata/medicago_coronata_en.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506129-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/506129-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213420, https://www.gbif.org/species/2965505, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147101/medicago-coronata-l-bartal, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2911.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_medicagocoron.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/MEDCOR/, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=2595, https://bgflora.net/families/fabaceae/medicago/medicago_coronata/medicago_coronata_en.html

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. 211.

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., 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

Abusaief, H. M. A. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6(5). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief

Foristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al- Jabal Al- Akhdar 2013

EL-Barasi, Y. M., Barrani, M. W., Abdelsalam, O. EL-Amrouni, N., Mohamad, F. (2011) Check list of flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone: south EL-Jabal EL-Akhadar. Libya. Annals of Faculty Engineering Hunedoara-International Journal of Engineering. Tome IX (Year 2011). Fascicule 3. ISSN 1584-2673, 141-146. http://annals.fih.upt.ro/pdf-full/2011/ANNALS-2011-3-24.pdf

FLORA AND VEGETATION ON SOUTH EL-MARJ ZONE SOUTH EL-JABAL EL-AKHADAR.2011

El-Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F.M., Lamlom, S.H. (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Garyounis University Press Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 39-47, December 2010. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wz8jpkIAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ALTsoucAAAAJ&hl=en, https://journals.uob.edu.ly/index.php/sjuob/issue/view/71

Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. 2010

Prodr. Fl. Ciren.: 255 (1931). https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica

Fl. Liby. Prodr.: 70 (1910). https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6399663s