Lathyrus gorgoni Parl. 

Family: Fabaceae

General Appearance

Lathyrus gorgoni Parl., it is an annual herb ascending or climbing, glabrous up to 60 cm long, with Stems angular to narrowly winged. Leaves ending in a tendril, stipules semi sagittatc with lanceolate or ovate, acuminate upper portion, about as long as the petiole. Leaflets 1-paired, narrowly linear or oblong-lanceolate to elliptical, acuminate or mucronale, 15-80 x (1-) 2-18 mm. Peduncles about as long as sub tending leaves. 1-flowered. Flowers usually yellow, light gingery orange, 15-20 (-25) mm long, bracts small, sublease, ciliate, pedicels up to about as long as the calyx. Calyx 7-9 mm long with teeth at least twice as long as tube, spreading to deflexed in fruit, lanceolate-subulate, acuminate. Corolla over twice as long as calyx. Pods 25-50 x 5-8 mm. linear, somewhat flattened, beaked, and spreading or deflexed, 3.ridged along ventral suture, net-veined, 4-8-seeded.  Seeds 3-5 mm, sub globular, purple-brown rarely mottled with dark brown.

Flowering in: Feb-Apr.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Sardegna to Iraq.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain:  Benghazi 1913

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Shahat??   Wadi Zaza 2003  Sidi Abu-Ras 2017   Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020

Marmarica Plateau:  Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002

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. 284.

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

Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1

An-updated-checklist-and-quantitative-analysis-of-the-Marmarica-Plateau-flora-مضغوط

Al-Amrouni, M, M., Al-Zarbi, A., Al-Aeb, M. A. (2020) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Amohamed forest north of the city of Al-Abyar in the Al-Jabal Al-Al-Akhdar. Libya. Journal of Quality Assurance for Scientific Research-The First Issue-April-2020 (In Arabic). https://lqac.org.ly/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PDF-1.pdf,  https://independent.academia.edu/ABDULHAMIDALZERBI

دراسة الغطاء النباتي بغابة سيدي امحمد شمال مدينة الابياربالجبل الاخضر.2020

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

El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H. (2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed-Gawhari,  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281559070_Checklist_and_analysis_of_the_flora_and_vegetation_of_Wadi_Zaza_at_AI-Jabal_AI_Akhdar_Cyrenaica_Libya

Flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at Al-Jabal AI Akhdar 2003-مضغوط

El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic).

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. -: 286 – under: Lathyrus pseudocicera Pamp. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica

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