Flora

Coronilla valentina L., it is a perennial subshrub growth form, attaining heights of up to 100 cm, with glabrous and glaucous stems imparting a characteristic silvery-green appearance. At the base of each leaf, orbicular, deciduous stipules were present. The leaves were moderately fleshy and imparipinnate, bearing (2)4-5(6) pairs of obovate, emarginated leaflets, each reaching a maximum length of 20 mm. Inflorescences were arranged in rounded, umbel shaped clusters on peduncles approximately 7 cm long. Each inflorescence comprised 4-14 bright-yellow flowers. Detailed floral analysis revealed a glabrous calyx with five triangular teeth measuring approximately 3-4 mm and a corolla extending up to 16 mm, approximately three to four times the calyx length. The fruiting bodies were terete pods, distinctly constricted between seeds, which turned dark brown upon drying; the seeds were oblong (approximately 2-3 × 1 mm), brownish-green, and exhibited a smooth surface texture.

Flowering in: Feb-Apr.

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019,  2024, 2025

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487280-1

Link of images:  https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/coronilla-valentina,   https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_coronillavalentinava.php,  https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=2289

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487280-1,   https://www.ipni.org/n/487280-1,    https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000205294,  https://www.gbif.org/species/5348633,   https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146175/coronilla-valentina-l,   https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2096.html,   https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/fabaceae/coronilla-valentina,   https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/coronilla-valentina,  https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_coronillavalentinava.php,  https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=2289