General Appearance
Onobrychis crista-galli (L.) Lam., it is an annual herb, prostrate to erect, hairy, very similar to the Onobrychis caput-galli (L.) Lam., but each crest of fruit (at least the outermost) with flat or ± so denticulate, teeth or prickles, usually 3-4 on each crest. Seeds usually2-3 in each pod.
Flowering in: Mar-May.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Benghazi Plain: Benghazi road between Al-Kuwayfiah and Daryanah 1968
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: (12 km) E. EI-Merj, Shahat, Wadi El Kouf 1968 Baida 1970 (20 km) from AI Abiar 1972 AI Kubbah 1978 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020
Marmarica Plateau: AI-TamimL S.E, Derna 1968
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:509904-1
Link of images: https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/51338.html, https://www.gbif.org/taxon/49KY3
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:509904-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/509904-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000204902, https://www.gbif.org/taxon/49KY3, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147344/onobrychis-crista-galli-l-lam, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/51338.html, https://herb.najah.edu/node/166, https://www.tela-botanica.org/bdtfx-nn-44722-synthese, https://flora.org.il/plants/ONOCRI/
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. 144.
Al-Amrouni, M, M., Al-Zarbi, A., Al-Aeb, M. A. (2020) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Amohamed forest north of the city of Al-Abyar in the Al-Jabal Al-Al-Akhdar. Libya. Journal of Quality Assurance for Scientific Research-The First Issue-April-2020 (In Arabic). https://lqac.org.ly/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PDF-1.pdf, https://independent.academia.edu/ABDULHAMIDALZERBI
دراسة الغطاء النباتي بغابة سيدي امحمد شمال مدينة الابياربالجبل الاخضر.2020
Fl. Liby. Prodr.: 85 (1910). https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6399663s












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