Coronilla scorpioides (L.) W.D.J.Koch

General Appearance

Coronilla scorpioides (L.) W.D.J.Koch, it is an annual, glabrous, glaucous herb, up to 30 (-40) cm long, ascending, sparsely branched especially from base. Leaves 1-3-foliolate, sub sessile, rather thick; terminal leaflet much larger, 10-40 cm long, broadly oblong-ovate to elliptic, sometimes mucronulate, shortly petiolulate; lateral leaflets 1-3, up to 8 mm long, ovate to suborbicular, often deciduous, sessile. Stipules connate, often sheating at base, ± scarious. Peduncles rarely exceeding the subtending leaves, (1-) 1-4-f1owcred terminally; bracts rudimentary, caducous; pedicels c. as long as the calyx. Flowers 4-6 mm long, yellow, purplish-veined. Calyx glabrous, with 5, very short, triangular teeth. Corolla 2-3 times as long as calyx. Pod 30-70 x 2 mm, linear, arcuate to coiled-circular, tetragonous, jointed, hardly constricted between segments, spreading or deflexed; beak 1-3 mm long. Seeds oblong, c. 2-3 x 0.5 mm, dark-brown, smooth.

Flowering in: Feb-Apr.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

MED+IT. The native range of this species is Medit. to Iran and Eritrea.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Leptis Magna 1975 Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006

Jabal Nafusa: Gebel Nafousa, (25 km) from Gharian to Yefren, Misallata, Hafs area, c. 8 km S. of Gussbat. sandy soil 1970 Wadi Malah, (10 km) from Nalut 1972 Ggarian 1973 Janduba, Hinshir bu Idder, near Janduba, c. 25 km from Garian, (5 km) after Asaba, Tagma, Rayana, Zintan 1974 Al- Gussbat 1975 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Tarhuna (Hejaz, Khsaya, Shersharah) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: El-kouf area 1984 Gaber Jera 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017

Notes

Wild in Libya, a desert species, often found near cultivated fields, medicinal plant.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487261-1

Link of images: https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=2736, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/fabaceae/coronilla-scorpioides, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/coronilla-scorpioides

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487261-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/487261-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000205285 , https://www.gbif.org/species/5348644, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146168/coronilla-repanda-poir-guss, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Coronilla_scorpioides.php, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/coronilla-scorpioides, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2093.html, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/fabaceae/coronilla-scorpioides, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CORSCO/, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_queuescorpion.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. 125.

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

El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District – 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

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

El-Zerbi, A. K. & Al-Aib, M.A. (2017) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Bouras region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering JESE, VOL. 1, No. 1, January 2017. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdulhamid-Alzerbi, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326461390_aalkhdr_baljbl_bwras_sydy_bmntqt_alnbaty_alghta_drast-lybya

دراسة الغطاء النباتي بمنطقة سيدي بوراس –الجبل الاخضر 2017

Al-Tajouri, A., Al-Aaeb, M.A., Al-Zarbi, A. K. (2013) Barley crop contamination with weed seeds in Gaber-Jira farms in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Benghazi University of Science-the third and fourth edition (45-53). (In Arabic). https://search.mandumah.com/Record/838987

تلوث محصول الشعير ببذور الحشائش بمزارع قبر جيرة بالجبل الاخضر. 2013- صفحة 45 -53.

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).

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).

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).

ACSAD (1984) Wadi Al-Kouf National Park Studies Project. Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands.