Ononis sicula Guss.

General Appearance

Ononis sicula Guss. / Homotypic Synonyms: Ononis viscosa ssp. sicula (Guss.) Hub. -Mor, it is an annual herb, erect or ascending, up to 30 cm, hispid with glandular and eglandular hairs. Leaves (1-) 3-foliolate; leaflets mostly oblong-lanceolate, serrate above, up to 30 x 10 mm, the middle ones somewhat larger, petiolulate; stipules lanceolate, acute, adnate to petiole c. half way, nearly entire. Peduncles about as long as subtending leaves, with an arista (awn) about 1 cm or less long, 1(-2)-flowered. Flowers pale yellow, sometimes purple-veined on the standard, 7-10 mm long. Calyx teeth 3-4 times as long as the tube, subulate-linear. Corolla 6-9 mm long, ± shorter than calyx. Pods 10-15 (20) x (2-) 3-4 mm. a1mosl twice as long as the calyx, linear-oblong, straight, cylindrical, ± inflated shortly beaked, pendulous, hirsute with glandular and eglandular hairs, 8-25-sceded. Seeds 0.8–1.1 x 0.8–1.1 x 0.6–0.7 mm, sub globular-reniform, tubereulate-scabrous, brown.

Flowering in: Feb-Apr.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

MED+SA+IT. The native range of this species is Medit. to Iran and N. Somalia.

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa: Gharian, Tarhuna, Msallata 1913 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Tarhuna (Meghawsha) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Martuba 1933

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:510507-1

Link of images http://www.apatita.com/herbario/especie.php?id=Ononis_sicula, https://florealpes.com/fiche_ononissicula.php, https://www.gbif.org/taxon/6SMWH, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=223

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510507-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/510507-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212913, https://www.gbif.org/species/2977111, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/64886/ononis-sicula-guss, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=223, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/ononis_sicula/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ONOSIC/, https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.flora.flos002397, https://florealpes.com/fiche_ononissicula.php

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. 160.

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

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

Floristic Study for Tarhuna–Libya. 2018

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).

Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic).

Prodr. Fl. Ciren.: 249 (1931). https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica

Fl. Liby. Prodr.: 68 (1910). https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6399663s