General Appearance
Argyrolobium uniflorum (Decne.) Jaub. & Spach, it is a small shrublet, 10-20 cm. woody at base, silvery appressed-hairy, with rigid spreading to erect branches. Leaves 3-foliolate, 1-2 cm, petiolate, stipulate, leaflets oblong or oblong-linear, acute, as long as or exceeding the petiole, hairy. Flowers yellow, sometimes purplish, 4-6 mm long, solitary, leaf-opposed, shorty pedicelled, usually lax on branches. Calyx 2-lipped, slightly shorter than the corolla; lobes up to half as long as the tube. Pods up to 30 x 2-3 mm, 5-12-seeded, linear, compressed, torulose, beaked, silvery hairy. Seed 2 mm, sub globular, yellowish-brown, smooth.
Flowering in: Mar-Apr.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain: Tripoli 1967 Talil, near Sabratah 1976 Sabrata 2008 Sabratha region 2020 Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021
Zliten-Misurata Plain: Kaam area 2005
Sirte Plains: (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020
Benghazi Plain: Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021
Jabal Nafusa: Gebel Nafousa, Gharian 1970 (35 km) S. of Nalut 1974 Kabau 1976 Between Jenawen and Shalshuk 1977 Qasr Alhaj 1978 Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Abughilan 2017 Tarhuna (Hejaz, Msabha, Terghlat, Zurgan) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020
Al-Qibla area: Wadis South of Mizda 2013
Ghat area: Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012
Notes
Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:475275-1
Link of images: https://atlas-sahara.org/Fabaceae/Argyrolobium%20uniflorum/Argyrolobium%20uniflorum.html, https://www.teline.fr/fr/photos/fabaceae/argyrolobium-uniflorum, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/59152.html
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:475275-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/475275-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213237, https://www.gbif.org/species/2963595, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145741/argyrolobium-uniflorum-decne-jaub-spach, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/59152.html, https://www.teline.fr/fr/photos/fabaceae/argyrolobium-uniflorum, https://atlas-sahara.org/Fabaceae/Argyrolobium%20uniflorum/Argyrolobium%20uniflorum.html, https://www.floravascular.com/index.php?spp=Argyrolobium%20uniflorum, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/arguni/
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Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol. (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 13.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
Al-Sghair, F.G. and Mahklouf, M.H. (2021) Vegetation Survey for Vascular Plants of Protected Area of the University of Tripoli-Libya. Species. Vol.22 (69), 2021. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/A1.pdf
Vegetation Survey of Protected Area of the University of Tripoli-Libya. 2021
Omar, N., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Rahil, R.O., Alaib, M.A., Alzerbi, A.K. (2021) Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. Species-22(70), 2021. pp. (204-217). http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/A4.pdf
Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. 2021.-مضغوط
Al-khojah, H.M., Al-Yafour, L.A., Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7/Issue 4 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2s5EMysAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf
Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. 2020.
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
Omar, N.O.I., Alaib, M.A., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Alzerbi, A.K. (2020) Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Science 6 (2), (2020) 20-24. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar
Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. 2020
Omar, N., Alai, M.A. & Al-Zerbi, A.K. (2020) A Survey of Weed Species of Barley Crop Fields in Farms of GMR Agricultural Project in Jardina-Soloq Region, Libya. Libyan Journal of Basic Sciences, Vol: 11, No: 1, P: 29-38, August. 2020. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar, https://repository.uob.edu.ly/handle/123456789/1535
A Survey of Weed Species of Barley Crop Fields in Jardina-Soloq Region, Libya.2020
Beit Al-Mal, A. G. & El-Hadar, I. A. (2018) An analytical study of vegetation (Case Study: Targhalat, Tarhouna Municipality, Libya.Special issue of the second annual conference on theories and applications Basic and Biological Sciences. 1 September 2018.
دراسة تحليلية للغطاء النباتي (حالة دراسية – ترغلات – بلدية ترهةنة-ليبيا) 2018
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
Hegazy, A.; Kabiel, H.; AlRowaily, S.; Lovett-Doust, L. and AlBorki, A. (2017) Plant communities and reproductive phenology in mountainous regions of northern Libya. Journal of Forestry Research. July 2017, Volume 28, Issue4, pp 741-761|. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2, https://journal.hep.com.cn/jfr/EN/10.1007/s11676-016-0345-8
Plant communities and reproductive phenology in mountainous regions of northern Libya. compressed
Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic).
Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A. (2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259357995_Checklist_and_life_forms_of_plant_species_in_contrasting_climatic_zones_of_Libya
Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. 2012
Al-Aib, M. A. and El-Shakhy, N. O. (2008) Weed flora of great man made river agriculture project (sirte). Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development, Vol.102, Issue 3: 241-25. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed-Alaib, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343655187_Weed_Flora_of_Great_Man-Made_River_Agriculture_Project_Sirte
Weed flora of great man made river agriculture project (sirte) 2008
El-Yafour, L. A. (2008) Taxonomic study of the vegetation properties of Sabratha city Master Thesis. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Al-Zawiya University, 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).
Al-Shif, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic).
Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic).














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