Hippocrepis emerus (L.) Lassen

General Appearance

Hippocrepis emerus (L.) Lassen // Infraspecifics: Hippocrepis emerus ssp. emerus, Hippocrepis emerus ssp. emeroides (Boiss. & Spruner) Greuter & Burdet ex Lassen, it is a shrub, up to 0.5-2 m tall. The shrub is glabrous, 0.5-2 m tall. Branches are erect and angular. Leaves are imparipinnate, with 2-4 pairs of elliptical or obovate leaflets, 1-2 cm long, the terminal one only slightly wider. Flowers are yellow, grouped in 2-3s, the peduncles often shorter than the leaves. The nails of the lower petals are 2-3 times longer than the calyx, separating from the standard leaflet. Pods straight, narrow, hanging, with poorly marked segments, 5-10 cm long, 1.5-3 mm wide.

Flowering in: Apr-Jun.

Life Form

Ch

Phytochoria

ES+MED. The native range of this species is Europe to Caucasus, Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Wadi Al-Agar 1999

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:946593-1

Link of images: https://botany.cz/cs/hippocrepis-emerus/, https://www.plantasyhongos.es/herbarium/htm/Hippocrepis_emerus.htm, https://www.gbif.org/taxon/3M23K, https://www.i-flora.com/en/image-search/phylogenetic-tree/art/showgallery/hippocrepis-emerus.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:946593-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/946593-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000205514, https://www.gbif.org/taxon/3M23K https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/224456/hippocrepis-emerus-l-lassen, https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/hippocrepis/hippocrepis-emerus/, https://www.plantasyhongos.es/herbarium/htm/Hippocrepis_emerus.htm

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

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

Al-Hamadi R.I. (1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).