Coronilla repanda (Poir.) Guss.

General Appearance

Coronilla repanda (Poir.) Guss., it is an annual, glabrous, glaucous herb, up to 30 cm long, procumbent to erect. leaves somewhat fleshy. The lower 1-3-foliolate. The upper 5-7 (-9) foliolate; leaflets 8-20 x 3-6 mm, oblong-obovate to oblong-elliptic, the lower most usually smallest and suborbicular; stipules scarious, connate and sheating. Peduncles usually slightly exceeding the subtending leaves, (1-) 2-4-flowered terminally; bracts rudimentary, caducous. Pedicels a little shorter than calyx. Flowers yellow, purplish-veined (turning red-tinged when dried). Calyx 2-2.5 mm long, very shortly 5-toothed. Corolla 2(-3) times as long as calyx. Pod 30-50 x 1.5-2 mm. linear, angular, arcuate to circular, on deflexed pedicels. Seeds oblong, brown, smooth, 2.5-3 x 0.4 mm.

Flowering in: Jan.-Mar.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: Talil area, (8 km) W. of Sabratah 1978

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Leptis Magna 1975 Misurata 2006

Jabal Nafusa: Asaba 1975 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007

Notes

Wild in Libya, a species of sandy sea shores.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487253-1

Link of images: https://www.gbif.org/taxon/6B4PT

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487253-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/487253-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000205245, https://www.gbif.org/taxon/6B4PT, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146168/coronilla-repanda-poir-guss, https://botany.cz/cs/coronilla-repanda/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CORREP/, https://hoseito.com/producto/coronilla-repanda-poir-guss/

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. 126.

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

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

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).

Nawras, A. M. B. (2007) A study of the vegetation cover in the Wadi (Valley) Stowah region. Master Thesis. Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University-Libya. (In Arabic).

Al-Dana, S. M. M. (2006) Taxonomic study of wild flower plants in some areas of Misrata. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Misurata University (7 October previously) Misurata, Libya. (In Arabic).