Cleome brachycarpa (Forssk.) Vahl ex DC.

General Appearance

Cleome brachycarpa Vahl ex DC. it is a perennial, often with a woody base, usually glandular-pubescent. Leaves (1-) 3-5-folioalte, petiolate to sub sessile; leaflets oblong-obovate to linear-lanceolate, 5-20 x 2-5 (-8) mm; petiole up to 3-5 mm long. Racemes lax. bracteate. Flowers 6-8 mm, across, yellow; pedicels 10-15 mm long, filiform, spreading or ascending smooth. Stamens 6, shorter than petals. Capsules 5-10 x 2-3 mm, oblong. very glandular, many seeded; gynophore inconspicuous. Seeds 0.5-0.8 mm in diameter, finely ruguluse, glabrous, maroon-brown.

Life Form

Ch

Phytochoria

SZ+SA+SS. The native range of this species is Cape Verde to NW. India.

Distribution in Libya

Tibesti area: Reported from Tibesti by Ozenda and Kieth

Notes

Wild plant. I have not yet found a recent record of this species in Libya, a rare species, growing on stony sandy mounds of Tibesti area, a nauseating smelling plant sometimes grazed by sheep and goats.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146948-1

Link of images: https://atlas-sahara.org/Cleomaceae/Stylidocleome%20brachycarpa/Stylidocleome%20brachycarpa.html, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/cleomaceae/cleome-brachycarpa