Flora

Ononis angustissima Lam. / Homotypic Synonyms: Ononis natrix ssp. angustissima (Lam.) širj, it is a subshrub, very similar to the Ononis natrix L. and probably only a variant of it, with thin, erect, rigid branches, minutely viscid-pubescent. Leaflets very narrow, (3-) 4-5 times as long as broad, ± linear, usually inconspicuous, somewhat deciduous, so that the branches (especially in the upper parts) appear leafless with stipules only, pedicels capillary, much exceeding the stipules. The flowers grow singly, they are stalked, the calyx tips are lanceolate, glandular hairy, the crowns are yellow, often with red veins, the peduncle is glabrous. The fruit is a narrow pod up to 2 cm long. 

Flowering in: Feb-Apr.

Al-Jafarah Plain:  Tripoli 1967, 1976  (44 km) from Tripoli, (32 km) from Tripoli, Wadi Ramal bridge 1977  Gefara plain 2010  El-Zawia 2015   Sabratha region 2020

Jabal Nafusa:  (24 km) West Ain Zarga 1970  Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Wild in Libya, a species seems to be more common in the coastal areas of Tripoli and west.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510192-1

Link of images: https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Djerba/Ononis%20angustissima/Ononis-angustissima.html,    https://botany.cz/cs/ononis-angustissima/

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510192-1,    https://www.ipni.org/n/510192-1,    https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212881,   https://www.gbif.org/species/2977252,   https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147391/ononis-angustissima-lam, https://botany.cz/cs/ononis-angustissima/,  https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Djerba/Ononis%20angustissima/Ononis-angustissima.html,   https://efloramaghreb.org/specie/147391