Ononis variegata L.

General Appearance

Ononis variegata L., it is an annual herb, up to 10 25 cm, procumbent to ascending, glandular-pubescent and villous. Leaves 1 (-3)-foliolate; leaflet usually single, 5-10 mm long, obovate to suborbicular, sharply dentate-serrate, obtuse, sometimes truncate, sub sessile, glabrous to sparingly pilose, prominently veined; stipules 3-5 mm long, adnate to the petiole for most of their length, obovate, serrate-dentate, somewhat sheathing, sub glabrous. Flowers c. 10 mm long, dark-yellow or yellowish-white, solitary on peduncles much shorter than calyx, arranged in terminal leafy, loose, raceme-like inflorescences. Calyx 5-7 mm long, with teeth about as long as tube, hairy. Corolla c. twice as long as the calyx; standard puberulent outside, sometimes pink-veined; wings much shorter than standard and keel. Pods 6-9 x 4-5 mm, ovate-oblong, hairy, 10-14-seeded. Seeds sub globular-reniform, c. 2 mm. reddish-brown. smooth.

Flowering in: Mar-May.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

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

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: Reported from Tripoli by Durand & Barratte

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Zliten coast 2022

Jabal Nafusa: Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Gaber Jera 2013 From Nuqrat Said to Wadi Al-Zagzoog 2019

Notes

Wild in Libya, a rare species in our area, or probably under collected.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510550-1

Link of images: https://flora-on.pt/#/1variegata, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/onovar/, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=5412, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_ononisvariegata.php

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510550-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/510550-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212924, https://www.gbif.org/species/2977099, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147714/ononis-variegata-l, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Ononis_variegata.php, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3071.html, https://botany.cz/cs/ononis-variegata/, https://flora-on.pt/#/1variegata, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_ononisvariegata.php, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=5412, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/ononis-variegata, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/onovar/, https://hoseito.com/producto/ononis-variegata-l/, https://dryades.units.it/Roma/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=2543&num=9430

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. 167.

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

El-karnawdy, F.O.M., Abogmiza, A.F.M., Alsouyid, H.M.M., Ajaj. K.A.K. (2022) Floristic composition of Zygophyllum coccineum L. Associates in Zliten coast, Libya. 5^thInternational African conference on current studies. February 2-5, 2022 Cairo, Egypt.

Floristic composition of Zygophyllum coccineum L. Associates in Zliten coast. 2022

Ali, A. M., Lashhab, S. R., Abu-Aweena, A. A.M. (2019) Classification of vegetation cover and its geographical distribution in the area extending between Al-Haniya and Wadi Zagzoog in the north to Lasastata and Bishtaya in the south. Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar eastern Libya. Issue (61) Journal of Science and Human Studies- Al-Marj-University of Benghazi-Libya (In Arabic). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/sd-lshhb, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339238955_tsnyf_alghta_alnbaty_wtwzyh_aljghrafy_fy_almntqt_almmtdt_ma_byn_alhnyt_wwady_alzqzwq_shmala_hty_lstath_wbshtaya_jnwba_aljbl_alakhdr_shrq_lybya

Al-Tajouri, A., Al-Aaeb, M.A., Al-Zarbi, A. K. (2013) Barley crop contamination with weed seeds in Gaber-Jira farms in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Benghazi University of Science-the third and fourth edition (45-53). (In Arabic). https://search.mandumah.com/Record/838987

تلوث محصول الشعير ببذور الحشائش بمزارع قبر جيرة بالجبل الاخضر. 2013- صفحة 45 -53.

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).

Fl. Liby. Prodr.: 67 (1910). https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6399663s